Colon Cleansing

Facts About Colon Cleansing

Year after year after year we put mostly garbage into our stomachs and then expect miracles by way of good health. Our body is such a wonderful piece of machinery but to put up with garbage for years and still come up smelling like a rose is a bit too much to expect. Look at it practically and you will see the good sense in cleansing the colon.

Till a couple of years ago, there was hardly any discussion about the state of the colon. These topics were really not meant for living room conversation. However, such taboos seem to have faded and these issues seem to be coming out of the closet as more and more people have become aware of how important it is to eat healthy.

Time was when vegetables and fruits were just a small part of the Western diet and very often, they were eaten in an unpalatable and not very nutritious form – either overcooked or maybe doused in syrup or dressings. The result? Digestion that was never very good.

Eat ealthy, stay healthy

With the focus turning to ‘eat healthy, stay healthy’, so many are taking a new look at food and whether we really need all that amount we stuff ourselves with. And whether what we do eat is beneficial, or just fillers, or worse, harmful to the body. Considering that around 80% of the nutrients we need are absorbed through the colon, isn’t it time we gave it the attention it needs?

If we were to follow Nature’s plan for us and ate sensibly, there would be no need to bother about the colon. What we ate would naturally cleanse the colon as well. Fiber, for example, would bundle together all the remnants of the food after the nutrients were extracted and eliminate it painlessly and naturally from the system.

No constipation, no straining, just natural movement through the intestine. So what fiber does is to ‘brush’ the walls of the colon clean as it passes, leaving it spruced up and squeaky clean before the next lot of food comes in. And we eat refined foods from which every bit of fiber has been removed!

Resting the digestive system

The colon needs rest too. We just cannot make it work 24/7 and then wonder when it protests with ill health. This is where a break from food helps. It is difficult, maybe impossible for most people who have never fasted to stop eating and drinking completely.

Our minds are wired to expecting to eat at certain times in the day. All you have to do is to switch to a liquid diet – water, juices, herbal teas – so you don’t feel hungry or starved and the colon gets washed out as well.

Many ancient cultures believe that disease is a combination of what goes on in the gut as well as in the brain. Well, you can take care of one part of that problem by eating healthy and by giving your body a rest at times. That way, you expect a lot more good health from one of the major parts of your body.

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