So how often should you ‘go’? Well the answer is “as often as you eat!” so if you eat 3 square meals a day you should be going 3 times for the day if you have a healthy functioning colon. If things are not "moving along" properly at least once (optimally, 2-3 times) per day you may be suffering from poor colon health.
A healthy colon ensures a vigorous and healthy body and likewise an unhealthy colon is a sure path to a diseased body. If waste that should get eliminated does not, then it remains and gets impacted in the walls of the colon. All these toxins that do not get eliminated will thereafter seep into your bloodstream and get into your lymphatic system and thus get circulated to other organs in your body.
De-natured foods create a lot of work for the body. As the digestive organs try to breakdown theses very foreign substances (i.e., chemicals, additives, & etc) they will at the same time try to get some useable water, minerals and nutrients from the food to nourish your body. Because denatured foods have almost no nutrition, you are basically causing you body to work hard and receive nothing in exchange. And then we wonder why we are so tired and have lost our enthusiasm for life. Where is our energy going to come from? In a nutshell, most de-natured foods create a build up of waste in the body, and it is stored specifically in the colon. Foods that are conducive to effective absorption and elimination are those with high water content such as fruits and vegetables and when eaten raw are abundant in living enzymes.
Years of ineffective elimination will result in a build up of waste in the colon. This waste which remains in the colon for some time creates several problems for the body. Firstly, (as mentioned above) the material is quite toxic and these poisons can and will re-enter the bloodstream (via the colon) creating illness, weakness and fatigue. Further ‘impacted waste’ impairs the colon’s ability to do its job (i.e. assimilate minerals). It inhibits the normal and necessary muscular action of the colon (by congesting it) causing, sluggish bowel movements, constipation and related disorders.
It is therefore of high importance that you cleanse your colon at least once or twice per year to keep it functioning healthy. There are a number of ways to cleanse your colon, you can either visit a colonics clinic and do a colonic irrigation or you can shop around for a good natural supplement and do it yourself at home at your own pace. If you decide to do the colon irrigation then you should know that the process will remove much of your natural (good) bacterial flora, however, this can be replaced by taking an enzyme supplement from the health food store.
To ensure you maintain a healthy colon, include plenty of water, fibre, bran and grains in your diet as well as herbal supplements which contain psyllium, wheat grass, spurilina or chlorophyll.
Calcium and folic acid supplements may also help prevent colorectal cancer. Large scale studies show that populations that consume green tea have a lower incidence of cancers of the colon. Populations that eat a high fibre diet are also less likely to develop colorectal cancer.
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Love & Blessings and stay healthy!
sharbs
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