text: what should i eat/ not eat to help cure my hemmroids? what is a basic diet of things that i should not eat to prevent my hemmroids from flaring up? hello: this is in response to the question you posted about curing hemorrhoids. actually, there is really no cure for them, except maybe for surgery where they basically take a rubber band and place it around the lesion until it dies and falls off but there are other forms of surgery as well. as i said, there is really no cure but there a many things you can do to either prevent recurrence or the amount of time between exacerbations. probably the most important is increasing the amount of fiber in your diet. if you are like most americans, i diet is horrendous and we dont get nearly the amount of fiber we need. you can supplement with either konsyl-d, benefiber, metamucil (i find personally that benefiber is the best because it doesnt have a bad taste and it doesnt turn into a gelatinous material that you have to force down. other things that can exacerbate hemorrhoids are heavy lifting and sitting too long without getting up and walking around. especially on airplanes or long car trips. the other thing that is a must is lots and lots of water at least eight glasses of water per day minimum. i dont know what kind of hemorrhoids you have. there are actually two forms: internal and external. the external are the ones you can actually see hanging out and are very painful, itchy and down right aggravating. then the internal ones which are completely painless and tend to bleed more. most of the time people dont even know they have internal hemorrhoids until they go to their doctors complaining of blood in their stool, then a colonscopy is done and thats when they find them. try as best as you can to keep from getting constipated. the pushing and straining you do can worsen hemorrhoids. that is where the plenty of water and fiber come into play. any food that is high in fiber will help. bran, oats, wheat germ, celery, corn (yes even popcorn without the butter and salt of course). i hope this helped you with your question. it was my pleasure to answer it for you. warren shaffer, m.d.