Dr. Trisha Pasricha

I have a two-year-old and a four-year-old.

And luckily, they eat so much fiber that we sometimes have the other problem.

But constipation in kids is such a problem.

And a lot of times, it's the low fiber in our diets.

And oftentimes, kids retain.

They don't want to go.

They're nervous.

They're embarrassed, whatever the reason is.

And that, even if you have eaten the right foods, like a very nice, fluffy, plant-based diet, if you retain it, you're going to foil yourself.

I have a hunch that it is significantly worse.

So I'll give you a couple of examples.

So one, you know, when I talk about what it takes to have a good bowel movement, I often explain it as trying to get toothpaste out of a toothpaste tube.

And, you know, you mentioned motility, which is like what I call this sort of the 3P framework, but that's the propulsion.

So you can squeeze that tube of toothpaste and you can try to force the toothpaste out.

And even if that toothpaste is like a little bit hard, brittle, it's like 10 years old, like with enough force, you can get it out.

But ideally, the pliability of that toothpaste would be really soft.

That's the second P. And so you can have, if you start to eat more fiber, then you actually don't have to generate so much force anymore.

Then it just comes out on its own.

And that's a lovely thing.

But the third P here that we often overlook is the pelvic floor.