| Have you been feeling irritable, tired or | | | | making it easy for pathogenic bacteria to act on |
| overweight lately? Have you felt like you are not | | | | them. The byproducts of this interaction are called |
| as healthy as before? Has your feeling of well | | | | bacterial poisons by the Royal Society of Medicine. |
| being deteriorated with age? If yes, your problem | | | | By allowing this putrefied material to stay in the |
| could be toxins, which can be eliminated by a | | | | body longer than necessary, we allow toxins to |
| colon cleansing diet. | | | | go through the intestinal cells lining the colon and |
| "Death begins in the colon", say digestive experts. | | | | enter the bloodstream. |
| 57 leading physicians met and discussed this issue | | | | Toxins that get into the bloodstream and settle in |
| before the Royal Society of Medicine of Great | | | | our tissues can cause problems ranging from |
| Britain. They concluded that toxic colon, technically | | | | fatigue to headaches. Constipation and infrequent |
| known as alimentary toxemia is linked to almost | | | | bowel movements can also reduce or negatively |
| every chronic disease known to man. There are | | | | affect the absorption of nutrients by the body, |
| more than 35 bacterial poisons that can get | | | | depriving us of vitality and energy. |
| absorbed through our intestines causing toxic | | | | Thankfully, we can use colon cleansing to improve |
| colon. | | | | the health of our intestinal tract. We can detoxify |
| It is unlikely that you would connect your heart | | | | our bowels and achieve 2-3 bowel movements |
| trouble, depression or headaches to a toxic colon, | | | | daily if we use our body's own processes of |
| but that is precisely what the Royal Society of | | | | natural elimination. The easiest way to cleanse the |
| Medicine report suggests. It is important to | | | | colon is to eat a fiber rich diet. |
| understand the working of the colon in order to | | | | Indigestible plant parts are referred to as fiber. |
| comprehend this connection and appreciate the | | | | Fiber is of two types - insoluble and soluble. |
| dangers of constipation. | | | | Insoluble fiber, also called roughage, comes from |
| The colon is also called the lower bowel or large | | | | foods like fibrous fruits, vegetables and bran. It |
| intestine. It is positioned at the end of our | | | | helps in providing bulk to the bowel and cleaning |
| digestive tract and measures approximately | | | | the wall of the intestine, thus promoting regular |
| five-feet. Most of the nutrients contained in our | | | | bowel movement. Foods such as fruit pectin are a |
| food are absorbed by the time food gets to the | | | | source for soluble fiber. It forms a gel on |
| colon, and largely toxins or fibrous waste is left | | | | dissolving in water. It therefore provides the |
| for elimination. For regular bowel movement, | | | | benefit of absorbing excess toxins and cholesterol |
| digestive experts recommend a daily dose of | | | | in our intestine and providing food for the intestinal |
| 20-35 grams of fiber. Sadly, in the United States, | | | | flora. In addition to building a healthy digestive |
| most people get about half of the daily fiber | | | | environment, soluble fiber also helps form our |
| requirement and thus our colons are suffering. | | | | stool. |
| The colon can be viewed as the body's sewer | | | | Experts across the world recommend consuming |
| system. Its job is to "flush" waste from our | | | | more fiber so our digestive system can receive |
| bodies ideally twice or thrice a day. According to | | | | its health benefits. Increasing fiber intake |
| naturopathy, less than 2 bowel movements daily | | | | promotes a healthy colon and toxin elimination. It |
| is considered constipation. Constipation means that | | | | is easy and convenient to use supplements to |
| wastes are sticking around longer than required | | | | fulfill our daily fiber needs. |