Colon Health - Constipation - Fiber - Regularity
Did you know that the digestive system is the center of all health or illness in the body? What you eat, when you eat, how well you digest, and how often you eliminate is the key to ALL other body and immune functions.
Did you know that most Americans are constipated? Are YOU??
Constipation occurs when a person has less than two or three normal bowel movements per day. Most people only have one bowel movement per day or less, making them constipated. Most people eat three times per day, so three bowel movements should occur.
Food In=Food Out
Contributing factors towards constipation include the following:
1) Diets containing refined sugar, refined flours, starch, alcohol, and alcohol. The typical American diet contains almost no raw fruits and vegetables and people tend to eat a lot of what they want instead of what will help them stay healthy. Good food choices are loaded with natural fiber that will act as a binding agent, pulling fecal matter out of your bodies without the use of man made laxatives and all the problems that go with that.
2) Lack of exercise causes a host of issues. Daily exercise like taking a stress relieving walk, stimulates the lymphatic flow that can create normal peristalsis (the muscular squeezing of the colon walls) for normal, proper bowel movements.
3) Medications, including anti-depressants, pain medications, antacids that contain aluminum, diuretics, and antibiotics.
4) Changes in routine can make the bowel constipated.
5) Lack of time...many of us do not create the time necessary to properly eliminate.
You may be constipated if you or a loved one suffer from:
Brain Fog / Depression
Memory or Concentration Issues, Headaches or Migraines
Fatigue / Stress Insomnia
Constipation, Over Use of Laxatives, Diarrhea
Edema - Swelling, IBS, Bloating, Gas
Acid Reflux, Bad Breath, Skin Problems
Asthma, Bronchial, Sinus, or Allergy Issues
Vaginal Yeast / Jock Itch
What is so bad about being constipated?
Constipation slows down normal food transit time which can lead to the absorption of toxins instead of nutrients. The absorption of toxins from the digestive system is a form of self poisoning. Toxins from food and its digestive by-products can enter into the bloodstream, lymphatic and circulatory systems because of poor digestion and bowel movements and host of most all other degenerative diseases. Toxins can also settle into the tissue-creating many new diseases, including autoimmune disorder, cancer, ulcers, skin disorders, etc.
Steps to correct Constipation:
1) Take appropriate herbal supplements to cleanse the colon: Future Biotics, Health Plus and Twinlab.
2) Try Colonic Hydrotherapy. This will hydrate you from the inside out and allow old dry encrusted fecal matter to be washed away, so that is doesn't continue to constipate you by creating a smaller and smaller hole by which you CAN eliminate.
3) Drink plenty of water. Do not wait until you are thirsty, by then you are a few quarts low. Most adults should drink at two-four liters throughout the day. Drinking 16 oz. of warm water first thing in the morning on an empty stomach is the best and most natural laxative there is. Warm water in an empty stomach goes straight through to the colon allowing an internal enema first thing every morning. This should stimulate your first BM of the day.
4) Change your diet slowly by replacing more raw fruits & vegetables for your diet instead of highly cooked foods, sugar, pop, and white flour baked goods. Eventually you need to achieve a 70%-30% balance in alkaline ash foods and acid ash foods for proper nutrition and disease free health.
5) Enhance your digestion process with digestive enzymes like American Health, Future Biotics, Natrol, Nutrition Now, Schiff Bio Foods and Twinlab.
6) Daily exercise will help your body process the stress hormones of the sympathetic nervous system which can inhibit proper functioning of the bowels when you are in stressful situations.
7) Maintain a normal alkaline diet and a regular sleep schedule - especially when traveling.
8) Create time to go to the bathroom regularly...do NOT put off the call of nature!
Begin to make lifestyle and diet changes that will bring balance and healing to your body. Start using the education you get from our site to begin eating the right foods, digesting them completely, supplementing where needed, and eliminating often to keep your nourishment levels and digestive system in tip-top shape. You will find that this has a way of bringing balance to the rest of your organs and systems and will lead to more energy production, peace, balance and proper immune function.
