Here are some facts that one should know:
– Of all countries United States of America have the most number of reported cases of colon-rectal cancers. And this is true for both categories of men and women. – Any American who lives till the age of 40 is expected to develop diverticulosis more commonly known as herniated bowel pockets.
All across America people are waking up to the fact that the number of cases of colon-rectal cancer is growing at an alarming rate. In fact the problem is most acute in United States than anywhere else in the world. The cause for that can be attributed to various factors the chief being the lifestyle and eating habits of the Americans. With a diet that is chiefly based on high processed food the fiber content is almost nil. With no roughage, bowel movements are bound to become irregular.
The first step towards colon cleansing is to alter your regular diet. The normal diet we have is full of processed foods. So what we miss out on is fiber. Fiber actually helps to clean our system. Without enough of it, our bowels never quite become clear. So we must increase our fiber intake. It should be anything between 25-30 grams everyday. It can be either consumed dissolved in water or with your food.
Water is another critical element in getting your colon clean. You can calculate how much water you need for your body by following a simple method. Whatever your weight be in pounds drink half of it in ounces. So if you weigh 150 pounds, then drink 75 ounces of water which would be approximately 2 liters. However, you can always drink more water, and there would be no harm whatsoever.
You can also use a herbal colon cleanse which is a natural form of laxative. There are several herbs which can facilitate the removal of waste material from your body. These would include cascara sagrada bark, aloe vera leaf, fenugreek seed, etc. These ingredients are also found in the herbal formulas that are being sold in drug store and health food stores.
There is one more kind of colon cleanser. A high quality oxygen based colon cleanser is available in the market today. It consists of oxides and peroxides of magnesium. Theses oxides and peroxides are pressurized with oxygen. When taken the chemical will release oxygen inside out digestive tract where the oxygen reacts with the hydrochloric acid that is present in our stomach.
When you enroll for a colon cleansing program you generally have to visit your therapist for 10 to 12 times over a period of two months. The length of the program or the frequency of visits may vary according to each program. What we will do here is give you a description of what actually happens during any one such visit.
First the patient has to lie on a table in the fetal position. While he is in this position the therapist will insert a plastic tube trough the anus. After the tube has been inserted properly the patient is asked to roll over gently without disturbing the tube. Then purified water is pumped through the tube into the patient’s colon. If you are going for this therapy, you might feel a bit weird. The uncomfortable sensation increases as the pressure of the water flow builds. And the strange feeling recedes only when the pumping of the water is stopped.
As the patient lies on the table with his knees bent he can actually see all the stuff that comes out from his colon through the transparent tube. In fact all the waste is then transferred through another larger clear tube which is illuminated so that the therapist can inspect the floating material more clearly.
As the stuff comes out of the patient’s colon, the therapist massages his colon sometimes by pressing and at other times pulling near his lower abdomen area. This is done so that all the waste matter that has been accumulated inside the colon is released. The massage is generally repeated thrice during a session.
Each session generally lasts for something around 45 minutes to an hour. Once the tube is removed from the patient’s body he is advised to spend some time in the toilet to see if any extra fluid is left to be removed.
If you are planning to go for a colon cleansing program make sure that you have no important work lined up after the first day’s session. This is because generally it has been seen that cleansing the colon for the first time can be quite taxing on the body. So one should actually keep aside the following day to take rest and recover from the effects of the therapy. However subsequent sessions generally don’t make you feel so tired. It is just the first time round that you face such issues.
The concept of cleansing the colon is not something very new. In fact if we move back in time, the very first mention of colon cleansing can be traced as far back as the Egyptian civilization. In fact the Egyptians believed that the root of all physical ailments can be traced back to the colon. So, most of the treatment that they practiced was targeted in getting the colon work properly.
It is a truth that we should not dismiss ancient wisdom just like that. In fact, much of what we know today has been handed down to us by our forefathers from generation to generation. But it is equally true that not all of what the ancients said was true. They also made mistakes.
The belief that colon is what decides how our health is was pretty much alive even during the Restoration period in England, much after most traces of the Egyptian civilization had been buried under the sands. We do find mention of colon deciding the mood swings of characters in several of the Restoration drama.
However, modern medicine and its practitioners tend to disagree. As modern science has shown, most diseases cannot be traced back to colon. Yes, the colon is an important organ of our body and it is the place where the wastes from our body get accumulated to be driven out of the system. But in no way can it be a cause for something like a heart ailment.
What modern practitioners of alternative medicine tend to put across is that even if not all physical ailments can be traced to an unclean colon, a significant number of diseases are caused because of an unclean colon. There are also a number of people who report a remarkable improvement in their health after a colon cleansing.
So what can we conclude? Yes, in most people the colon is good enough to clean itself and there is little or no possibility for waste material to get accumulated and the resultant toxins that are being formed to be absorbed by other organs in the body. But it is also a fact that getting your colon cleansed following proper and safe methods would not do any harm to you and instead would help you live more energetic and healthy life. At the end of the day, it is your choice if you will go for a colon cleansing or not.
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December 7, 2009 5:15 pm | 
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