(1) You can find generous quantities of soluble fiber in oats, peas, beans, apples, citrus fruits, carrots, barley and psyllium .(2) Total fat intake was also significantly lower in g/d and as a percentage of energy on the day of the meal with the psyllium treatment compared to water.(3) I also started taking 1,500 mg of the laxative herb psyllium .(4) The second type of laxative is a lubricating bulk laxative, including demulcent herbs such as psyllium and flax seed.(5) Although psyllium improved glucose and lipid parameters significantly more than placebo in 125 overweight patients with type 2 diabetes, there were no differences in weight loss.
