TOXIC BUILD-UP

      Is your colon feeding you or poisoning you?  Constipation is probably the least understood condition of the body and the most common problem.  Over ninety percent of human ailments begin with a congested colon.  Even if a person eliminates daily, there could still be a problem with constipation.

      A lack of dietary fiber, with very little raw vegetables and fruit, and little or no whole grains are the main causes.  Our modern way of life – the eating of highly refined and demineralized foods, high meat and fried food, white flour and white sugar products, the strain and stress of rapid living, hastily eaten meals, and lack of exercise we create a condition of peristaltic malfunction in the bowels wherein the fecal matter becomes condensed and compresses and the evacuations are infrequent and difficult.

     When toxic waste matter is left to stagnate in the lower bowel tract, the system becomes polluted with poisonous gases which congest and irritate the surrounding organs, causing adhesions and other ailments.  A person should have bowel movements as often as regular meals eaten.  Intestinal toxemia or autointoxication is produced by the decomposition of protein in the intestinal tract.  In normal digestion, the protein molecules are broken down into twenty amino acids.  The amino acids are nontoxic; however, under the influence of bacterial growth they are capable of producing amine which is highly poisonous and found in a toxic colon.  In many cases, these toxins can seep out into the bloodstream and poison the rest of the body.  Poisons from the colon weaken and stress the heart, irritate the lungs, cause foul breath, settle in the joints and cause pain and stiffness, cause blemishes in the skin, paleness, psoriasis, liver spots, wrinkles and other facial problems.  If the poisons settle in the muscles they can cause weakness and terrible fatigue and can lead to chronic diseases.

     Diarrhea can be a form of constipation.  Diarrhea occurs when the intestinal tract is clogged and that diarrhea can be caused by an irritation in the colon.  Chronic diarrhea is caused when the irritating substance is glued to the walls of the colon and cannot be eliminated.  A lower bowel herbal formula (R.T.E. Rejuvenation through Elimination) will gradually peel off the hardened crust on the colon walls.

     Normal laxatives on the market are harmful and habit forming.  They work against nature and pull liquids and minerals from the body creating more damage in the long run.  A lower bowel herbal formula is excellent in assisting nature to clean, nourish, rebuild and restore the bowel’s normal function.  With a cleansing diet and then adding raw vegetables and fruit, brown rice and whole grains, the bowels can be restored to normal function.

     Most people have dried fecal matter stored in the colon, preventing food from being properly digested and assimilated.  Because of this, many people eat more food than the body requires trying to get sufficient nutrition, and yet they are still hungry.  It may take months to restore the lower bowel area, but by using herbs, food will assimilate better. A person can be sustained on less food with more energy and vitality.

     Lifestyle changes need to be made.  Avoid foods listed above along with carbonated drinks and increase dietary fiber.  This will decrease the accumulation of bad bacteria while building and protecting the immune system.  Acidophilus is used to protect the body from bad bacteria.  It is necessary to use when cleansing the colon.  It also helps in the digestion of food.  Exercise is important, especially for the abdominal area.  It can strengthen the abdomen and intestinal system.  Eliminate over-the-counter laxatives.  Saline laxatives, such as Epsom salts or Milk of Magnesia, draw water and electrolytes and can alter the body’s fluid and electrolyte balance.  Mineral oil is sometimes recommended but can leach out vitamins A, D and E.  Artificial laxatives can cause a dependence and create a lazy bowel syndrome.  Drugs that can cause constipation are diuretics, antidepressants, antihistamines, painkillers or tranquilizers.

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