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If you have suffered from hemorrhoids for a while, you have probably been told to lose weight, exercise, and eat a bunch of fiber.<\/p>\nIf you have suffered from hemorrhoids for a while, you have probably been told to lose weight, exercise, and eat a bunch of fiber.<\/p>\n
That may sound like a lot of work. And you have probably attempted to do this, without much success.<\/p>\n
A study published in PLOS ONE<\/em> explains why this hasn\u2019t worked. It\u2019s because one of those \u201crisk factors\u201d is 180 degrees off.<\/p>\n In fact, to eliminate hemorrhoids, you must get a little lazy.<\/p>\n The scientists examined the factors most commonly cited as risk factors for the development of hemorrhoids, namely, constipation, a low fiber diet, sedentary lifestyle, and gravidity (meaning the number of times a woman has been pregnant).<\/p>\n This study had 2,813 subjects, of whom 1,074 had a hemorrhoid diagnosis, made via a colonoscopy.<\/p>\n After crunching the numbers, they found the following:<\/p>\n 1. People with constipation were 43 percent more likely to have hemorrhoids than those with normal waste expulsion.<\/p>\n 2. Those with the highest whole-grain consumption were 78 percent less likely to have hemorrhoids than those with the lowest whole-grain consumption.<\/p>\n 3. Pregnancy was not related to hemorrhoids at all.<\/p>\n 4. The amount of physical activity in which subjects engaged neither increased nor decreased their chance of hemorrhoids.<\/p>\n 5. Those who sat\/lied down a lot were 80 percent less likely to have hemorrhoids than those who spent little time sitting or lying down.<\/p>\n Therefore, according to this study, a sedentary lifestyle is not only not a risk factor for developing hemorrhoids, but it actually decreases our hemorrhoid risk.<\/p>\n It is, however, important to point out that many other studies have proved that lack of exercise can lead to hemorrhoids.<\/p>\n The key here is to exercise moderately and in the right way. And then take a good rest in between.<\/p>\n