Your doctor may recommend mineral oil to treat stool that is impacted, or trapped, in the large intestine. Olive oil is a mild lubricant laxative, but it only helps relieve constipation if you consume more than the small intestine can absorb, reported the World Journal of Gastroenterology in 2012. The oil must pass through the small intestine and into the large intestine before it has a laxative effect.
Farm Credit Administration The Farm Credit Administration (FCA) is an independent agency of the Executive Branch of the federal government. It supervises and coordinates the Farm Credit System, which is a centralized banking system designed to serve U.S. agricultural interests by granting short- and long-term credit through regional banks and local associations.
Dictionary entry overview: What does ELA mean? â¢ ELA (noun) The noun ELA has 1 sense: 1. an extreme leftist terrorist group formed in Greece in 1971 to oppose the military junta that ruled Greece from 1967 to 1974; a revolutionary group opposed to capitalism and imperialism and the United States Familiarity information: ELA used as a noun is very rare.