Parkinson’s News Community Forums Living ​With​ ​Parkinson’s Symptoms and Progression Do you struggle with constipation? If so, have you found any helpful tools or treatments to manage it? Reply To: Do you struggle with constipation? If so, have you found any helpful tools or treatments to manage it?

  • Michael Kawalec

    Member
    June 22, 2023 at 8:28 am

    I’ve found that yogurt and kefir can help a lot with constipation and with other Parkinson’s symptoms.   There was an article on Parkinsons News Today recently about how the microbiome of all Parkinsons sufferers is messed up pretty badly.  I tried every different brand of yogurt and kefir I could find (to get as many different kinds of “good” bacteria that I could) twice a day for the last five weeks and my regularity, with no laxatives, is starting to return, I have more energy and strangely, it feels natural to swing my arms when I walk!  Also, eat something that gives you plenty of fiber and get lots of exercise.