If you're feeling backed up, you may want to add more of one colorful fruit to you diet.

While it's normal for everyone to get a little constipated every once in a while, if you're regularly feeling that way, you might need some changes to your diet or other lifestyle habits.

General recommendations to ease constipation — get more fiber, drink more water, increase physical activity — are helpful, but not very specific. But new guidelines to ease chronic constipation from the British Dietary Association recommend a few foods and supplements in particular to keep your gut working properly, NBC News reported .

And one fruit stands out in the guidelines as a gut-health superstar.

The Best Fruit for Constipation

The new dietary guidelines, published this week in the Journal of Human N

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