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There are several causes of bowel malfunction. If enough water isn’t consumed, the stools will be too dry. The same thing happens if the urge to go is ignored. The longer the stools remain in the colon, the drier they get, because the body extracts moisture from them. So the stools are difficult to expel and constipation results. Lack of physical exercise is another cause of poor bowel function. As with other muscles, the bowels benefit when, exercise is performed regularly. A sedentary person’s bowels become weak and can’t do their job of propelling the wastes out of their body. But these are all relatively minor causes of poor bowel function. The main cause is simply malnutrition. Most people don’t eat enough nourishing food to supply the muscles and tissues of the bowel with needed nutrients. The bowel begins to deteriorate and lose its muscle tone. Besides weakening the bowel, poor diet also causes hard stools. For example, if refined sugar and flour are eaten, these will dry up the feces. Moreover, if the diet lacks roughage, there’s not enough bulk to push wastes through the colon. Although diet is a major cause of sluggish bowels, the answer is to simply eat better food choices. Many people, who have switched to a more natural raw food and properly food combined diet, still can get constipated. One reason is that a person who has eaten poorly over a period of time usually has damaged the colon—and is having a hard time to catch up. Another reason is that fecal deposits may have become so hardened and thickened that diet alone will not get rid of deposits, and in this case you may need the advice of a health expert.