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Show SOME LAXATIVE FOODS Foods with an exceptionally high residue include raw fruits, especially those with skins and seeds; dried fruits, as apricots, prunes, figs and raisins; raw vegetables; veg-etables; such cooked vegetables as onions and leafy greens; the legumes, that is, dried peas and beans; whole grain cereals and bran. Among the vegetables, don't overlook cabbage, lettuce, celery, spinach, brussels sprouts, string beans and green peas. Foods which tend to form a little lit-tle gas in the intestines, including spinach, onions and cauliflower, are also useful stimulants to intestinal in-testinal movement. In addition to providing cellulose, cellu-lose, the acid fruits, such as oranges, or-anges, lemons and grapefruit, act as a mild stimulus to increased peristaltic motions. |