One of the students in the nutrition class is 8 months pregnant and asks the nurse to give her a recommendation to decrease her pregnancy-related constipation. What would be the best response?
A) Drink prune juice with every meal.
B) Eat vitamin-enriched white bread three times a day.
C) Eat iron-fortified cereal.
D) Try drinking hot water with lemon juice upon waking.
D
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Nutritional interventions to try for improving constipation include increase drinking at least 64 oz of liquid daily, increase fiber intake, and drinking hot water with lemon or prune juice first thing in the morning.
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