Additional advice
In order to help keep the bowels healthy, customers should:
- Eat a varied diet, that includes plenty of dietary fibre
- Keep to a healthy weight
- Exercise regularly
- Take care with certain medicines (e.g. codeine, which can cause constipation)
- Drink plenty of water
- Not ignore the urge to go to the toilet
- Wash their hands well after going to the toilet
- Take precautions to reduce the risk of food poisoning when travelling
- Stay away from work or school for two days and avoid using swimming pools for two weeks after having diarrhoea caused by an infection.
