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A recommended treatment for constipation is 50 g dried prunes twice daily. The 50 g serving equates to about seven medium-sized prunes. This treatment has been shown to be better than a standard 11 g dose of psyllium taken twice a day. Prunes and psyllium are equally well tolerated, Attaluri notes.
While adding prunes and prune juice to your diet can help with weight loss, consuming them with abandon can have the opposite effect. A serving size of six uncooked prunes (or 57 grams) has 137 calories and 21.7 grams of sugar. A one-cup serving of prune juice has about 182 calories.