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Does Eating Two Kiwifruit a Day Actually Fix Constipation Better Than Prunes?
Published July 12, 2026
If you have spent any time on the internet looking for a food that keeps things moving, you have met the prune. It works. But prunes are sweet, sorbitol-heavy, and a lot of people find two servings a day rough on the gut. The more interesting recent contender is green kiwifruit, and there is now a decent head-to-head trial worth knowing about.
A 2023 randomized crossover study published in The American Journal of Gastroenterology (Chey and colleagues) tested green kiwifruit against prunes and psyllium in adults with functional constipation and IBS-constipation across three countries (see [1]). Two kiwifruit a day, four weeks per treatment. Kiwifruit produced a clinically meaningful increase in complete spontaneous bowel movements, and it did it with fewer complaints about gas and bloating than the other two. Prunes and psyllium worked too, but people tolerated the kiwifruit better, which matters because the best fiber intervention is the one you will actually keep eating. This lines up with earlier work from the same research group in Asian populations showing kiwifruit improved transit and stool frequency (see [2]).
