Most people are no strangers to natural laxatives. Natural laxatives are ingestible agents that come from natural sources that help patients of chronic constipation. The sources are quite diverse, ranging from nutritional grain-derived material like bran to herbs like aloe or senna. However, they can be roughly grouped into two kinds: high fiber nutrients and herb supplements. For people interested in entering the industry, it would be useful to know the size and current state of the market.
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This prosperous age of our history means that access to high calorie foods is easier than ever. The result is that a larger fraction than at any time in the past of the population is overweight. Two main methods of reducing body fat and weight remain dieting and exercise. Exercise is thought to have broadly beneficial effects, but dieting is a more delicate matter.
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Over-the-counter laxative medication represents one of the largest markets for consumer medication in the United States. A few of these medications contain natural products but a large number have chemicals as active ingredients. In 1996 the FDA asked many companies to contact safety studies to find out whether these ingredients were a danger to humans after the same agency discovered troubling side effects in animals.
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