Colon Hydrotherapy

A healthy colon is known to be an essential to having a healthy body (see also: colon cleansing). There are many conventional diets that are comprised of processed refined foods that are high in saturated foods and in saturated fats. These conventional diets also consist of foods that are low in fiber as well. All of these foods are known to contribute to many of the problems that are associated with the large intestine as well as health in general.

You should know that the elimination of food material that is undigested and other waste products is just as important as the assimilation of food and the digestion of foods. If you allow waste to remain stagnated in the colon, it will result in the decomposition of these particular substances which will in turn increase bacteria as well as toxins.

Whether you know it or not, the colon is known to contain the largest concentration of bacteria located in the human body. These friendly bacteria are known to provide important functions - these functions include syntheses of folic acid, vitamin K, vitamin B from foods.

When you look at a healthy colon, you will learn that lactobacillus and acidophilus are actually very dominant strains of bacteria that are healthy and known to really outnumber the bacteria that are disease producing like the E. Coli strains of bacteria. The waste material that is allowed to remain stagnated is known to alter the proportion of bacteria that is healthy to bacteria that is disease producing and therefore the potential for disease exists. It is these bacteria that are known to decompose protein residue and other different types of waste matter which results in the actual production of toxins.

At the time that these toxins are absorbed from the colon and then put into circulation, they are known to contribute to disease in different places in the body. The main purpose of the eliminative organ, the colon, is to really remove the material that is considered waste as well as toxins by peristalsis which is known as mass muscular contraction. The practice of colon hydrotherapy or cleaning the colon out with water is known to remove the waste material that is entrapped and in turn provides a rather therapeutic improvement of the muscular tone which facilitates peristalsis and in turn benefits the sluggish or atonic colon.

The individuals that need colon hydrotherapy are the individuals that are actually exposed to toxins. Toxins are considered to be coffee, illicit drugs, occupational chemicals, alcohol, processed foods, automotive exhaust, medications and preservatives. A the time that our bodies are exposed continuously to these toxins, they have to be detoxified by our liver(see also: detoxification) and also excreted through other major organs or elimination which are the colon, the skin, the kidneys and the lungs.

The colon is the primary organ for elimination.  During the times that one of the eliminative organs is backed up or not actually functioning properly, it really places a bigger burden on the other organs of elimination. Which is why when you practice hydrotherapy, it is like spring-cleaning the colon and getting it back to its clean state again.