In 2019, American adults spent over 1.5 billion dollars on over-the-counter laxatives!
Clearly, we are a nation of people with pooping problems. Otherwise, there wouldn’t be such a high demand for laxatives and stool softeners in our society.
But constipation doesn’t happen for no reason. There is always an underlying cause, whether it is diet, lack of physical activity or dehydration – and laxatives do nothing to treat any of these deficits.