Constipation is defined as of the lazy action of the bowel movement and it must meet the following parameters to be considered as such

2. Constipation is defined as of the lazy action of the
bowel movement and it must meet the following
parameters to be considered as such:
Having a bowel movement fewer than three times per week.
Weight of the feces less than 35 g. / Day.
Straining in more than 25% of the time.
Hardening of the texture of the feces.

3. Some causes are :
- Disorder in schedule or eating habits.
- Alteration in bowel habits.
- Certain medications. (Antacids, analgesics, antidepressants, chemotherapy, sedative,
antispasmodic, anti-parkinson, diuretics, iron supplements and calcium, etc.).
- Lack of fiber in the diet.
- Low fluid intake.
- Little physical activity.
- Stress.
- Elderly.
- Metabolic. (Diabetes, hypothyroidism, hypo-hypercalcemia).
- Environmental factors. (Strange environment, excess heat).
- Multiple diseases.

4. Treatment initially consists of lifestyle modifications :
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Reply immediately defecation reflex.
Go to the toilet every day at the same time.
Taking a stand on the toilet physiological.
Should be relaxed. Bring something to read.
Avoid intense efforts defecation.
Gentle exercise regularly.
The diet should be rich in indigestible fiber.
The use of laxatives should not last long

5. Secondly many laxative preparations are collected should
be used with caution and as we shall see, not to be used
for long periods of time.
The following table show, as classified by specialty catalog
Council laxatives with different actions and precautions.

7. Another way to treat constipation is a medicinal plant.
The mechanism of action is usually by stimulation / or traffic
excitation by increasing fecal bolus.
Although plants are reputed harmless this is not entirely true
and its chronic use is not advisable.

8. Dietary fiber is currently the recommendation of choice, at first
instance, with the correction of dietary and hygiene habits.
This is because:
 Retains water
 Increases stool volume.
 Accelerates intestinal transit.
 Osmotic pressure increases retaining water.
 Promotes peristalsis.

9. The normal diet should contain a minimum of 25 g. daily
fiber, although it is advisable to reach the 30-40 g / day.
The average fiber intake in Spain is 12 g / day for women and
18 g / day for men, which is an amount well below the
recommended and a predisposition to constipation.

10. It is a new concept for the treatment of constipation, based
on a diet formula with original organoleptic characteristics
that make COFILAC an innovative, efficient, safe, easy and
pleasant to drink product. In addition, and unlike everyone
else it can be drink in lifetime.
COFILAC is supported by the most recent scientific studies
regarding its efficacy and safety.

11. COFILAC meets on their ingredients, not only a
significant regulatory action, but also presents a
number of properties that make the product an
important integrative functional, being really resaltable
their prebiotic action.

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Inulin enriched with a specific fraction of oligofructose
obtained by partial enzymatic hydrolysis
Arabian Coffee
Robusta Coffee
Fructose

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Inulin + oligofructose……..……. 50,00 %
Arabian coffee……………..……... 35,00 %
Robusta coffee………….………… 8,75 %
Fructose…………………………….. 6,25 %

14. - It is a specific fiber which has two characteristics that make it
unique.
- On one hand this is a fiber which has only appetite by lipids,
not by the water as the remainder of the fibers.
- Furthermore selectively acts on the intestinal tract only, not
on the stomach as with the rest of the fibers

15. Table 1: The base
structure of inulin and
oligofructose structure
compared with sucrose
(sugar).
Structures containing
inulin only GFn, with n
comprised between 2
and 60, while
oligofructose is a mixture
of GFn and Fn, with n
comprised between 2
and 8.

16. Table 2: effect of fiber
COFILAC indigestion in
stool frequency in
healthy volunteers
and (*) in older
women who have
constipation.
The stool frequency is
expressed as the
number of bowel
movements per week.

17. Table: 2. Stool
bulking in healthy
volunteers who
had ingested 15g of
vegetable fibers
COFILAC every 24h.
Stool bulking is
expressed in grams
of weight gain per
gram of feces of
fibers COFILAC
ingested

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This is exactly the same buying Nestle instant coffee, which is
currently the market leader in its organoleptic perception.
This also makes a product COFILAC extremely effective,
extremely pleasant to take and therefore our daily coffee
substitute, also obtaining benefits COFILAC.

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This is exactly the same buying Nestle instant coffee, which is
currently the market leader in its organoleptic perception.
This also makes a product COFILAC extremely effective,
extremely pleasant to take and therefore our daily coffee
substitute, also obtaining benefits COFILAC.

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The most natural sweetener and no adverse effects from the organoleptic standpoint.

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- Ellegärd i cols. (1997): In healthy volunteers have shown that 90% of the
COFILAC’s fibers are fibers with a selective action on the small and large intestine
and not in the stomach, which occurs with other fibers.
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- Den Hond & Cols. (2000) , Gibson & cols.(1995): in healthy volunteers have
demonstrated that daily ingestion of COFILAC’s fibers effectively induces an
increase in stool weight. Taking only 2 packets of COFILAC a day, increase stool
weight between 6 and 8 g per day.
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- Den Hond & Cols. (2000) , Gibson & cols. (1995): healthy volunteers were taking
COFILAC’s fibers induces an increased stool frequency.
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- Kleesesen & cols. (1997): have shown that among elderly women suffering from
constipation and taking COFILAC’s fibers induces to an increased stool frequency
improved to a defecation scheme.