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Why is Constipation on The Rise?
The colon is responsible for removing toxins from all parts of the body, not
just digestive waste. When the colon
is functioning properly, it is normal
and healthy to have a bowel movement
shortly after each meal. However, with
the typical modern diet of overcooked,
processed and refined foods, chronic
constipation and digestive problems are
on the rise.
Causes Of Constipation: Stress - Lack of Water - Poor Diet Lacking Fiber - Antibiotics - Bugs in the Gut
Many people do not drink enough water, consuming primarily coffee, sodas, and sugar-laden
fruit drinks. The caffeine and acids
in coffee and sodas can dehydrate the
intestines and promote the breakdown
of healthy flora in the digestive tract,
while the sugar in many of our foods
and drinks feeds the unhealthy bacteria
and Candida, leading to overgrowth of
yeast. Mental and emotional stress, which
are so prevalent in our fast-paced society,
can also interfere with proper digestion
and elimination all leading to constipation.
Laxatives are NOT the Answer
Unfortunately, when people experience constipation or digestive trouble,
they often turn to laxatives for relief.
Most laxatives work by irritating the
colon wall so that it will contract
unnaturally. Over time, these laxatives
can become habit-forming, the colon becomes weak and will no longer move without this stimulation.
Colonics are the Answer For Stubborn Chronic Constipation
Colon Hydrotherapy is safe, gentle and effective and will not lead to dependency. In fact, the expansion and contraction of the colon as the water fills and releases will
help to tone and strengthen the colon muscle over time.
What is Constipation?
Well, the digestive track of man is able to hold at any given time somewhere between three
to five meals. That means if you've
eaten three to five meals and haven't
had a bowel movement in three days, your carrying around 9 meals of toxic substance. Once we go past three to
five meals, the colon begins to expand.
It can actually expand up to five times
its normal size in order to hold more
meals that are not being passed. This,
however, produces a very bad situation
because the longer the food stays in
the intestinal track the more apt it
is to begin to ferment, putrefy, rot
and act as a breeding ground for bad
bacteria, the likes of which can cause
different arthritic conditions, immunological
problems such as autoimmune illnesses
which can be linked to allergies, chemical
sensitivities and different types of
rheumatoid arthritis.
Gluten Sensitivity and Toxins in the Gut Lead to Disease and Inflammation
When the bowel is full of old, rotting putrefying material people are more prone to have health challenges. These toxic chemical substances in the gut have been directly
linked to arthritis, cancer and cancer
of the bowel and many other illnesses
and diseases. Primitive
African people have very low toxinx in there colon, due to their high fiber intake.This is why they
have such a low incidence of bowel cancer, cancer in
general, heart disease, arthritis
and many other illnesses. Gluten can cause inflammation and swelling of the intestines and can lead to autoimmune diseases.
Diseases Associated With Constipation
Toxins that are produced in the bowel along with different microorganisms such as bacteria, parasites, Candida Albicans, can produce
more symptoms, illnesses, and diseases than anyone can believe. We have seen arthritis, diabetes, hypoglycemia, muscle soreness and pain, osteoporosis, PMS, other reproductive disorders, chronic migraines, and all types of indigestion and digestion complaints clear up miraculously once the person started moving their bowels normally again! So, this
leads up to our main question.
Bugs in the Gut Linked To Constipation
Parasites and the eggs of parasites can hatch in your intestines and grow, destroying friendly bacteria and can cause Candida albicans, a fungus, to grow out of control. These friendly bacteria can be destroyed by antibiotic use a well.
Symptoms of Candida Albicans Overgrowth
There are over 100 different symptoms possibly caused by this fungus. They range from
allergies, asthma, arthritic complaints
digestive complaints, brain fog, fatigue,
spacings, inability to concentrate,
skin problems, food reactions, the
list goes on and on.
click here for more info on Candida).
What is A Healthy Functioning Colon?
A healthy functioning digestive tract should be able to have a bowel movement
in ratio to every meal that is consumed
in one given day. Now, this means if
someone eats three times a day, they
should have three bowel movements.
If they eat one time a day, they should
have one bowel movement. Simple math
will show us, after one week's time,
if someone consumes three meals a day
that's 21 meals. Seven days times three
meals. If someone has one bowel movement
per day, at the end of the week that's
one bowel movement times seven days
equals seven bowel movements. Where
did all the other food go? Most people
have been misled into believing that
when they have a bowel movement in
the morning they are eliminating all
the food from the day before. Nothing
can be further from the truth. The
reason for that is actual analysis
and testing show that the average
American has a transit time of at least
48 to 72 hours.
What Does Bowel Transit Time Mean?
The word transit is simply referring to transportation time of the feces from the point it
enters the mouth to the point it is
actually eliminated in the bowel movement.
If food is taking 48 to 72 hours to
pass through our systems, there is
no way that the bowel movement we are
having in the morning is eliminating
all the meals from the previous day.
Now, this can fool you because some
foods tend to move through your system
faster than others. For instance beets,
which can be used as a great marker
for this experiment, usually will pass
through within 18 to 24 hours. Salads
and vegetables and particularly uncooked
vegetables and raw fruits tend to move
through faster. However, foods of lower
fiber content like meats, refined grains
and starchier foods tend to move through
slower so you may see part of yesterday's
meal in your bowel movement and be
tricked into thinking that the whole
meal was just passed. What actually
occurred was some of the foods moved faster through your digestive
tract than some other foods. This
doesn't mean the entire meal was passed.
On the contrary, it has defiantly been
confirmed that it takes 42 to 72 hours
for most Americans to pass, what we
would refer to as, the average American
meal.
Now, let me ask you this question,
how often do you take out your garbage? Particularly, during the summertime?
Now, let's look at the garbage for
a second. The garbage can has a lid
and in the garbage can it is dark and
moist and we have a lot of old food
scraps in there. During the summer,
if the can is outside, the sun beats
on it making it hot, so we have a dark,
moist, and warm environment. Now, if
you took out your garbage on Monday
and then that night filled up the pail
again and then left the pail alone
until Thursday or Wednesday, what would
you expect to smell when you opened
up that pail? It certainly wouldn't
be anything pleasant or anything to
look forward to, of course not, it
would stink. This is because the foods
sitting in the garbage pail that are
mixing with bacteria that were already
present in the food are being allowed
to putrefy. I don't think there are
that many of us who would expect a
garbage pail that has been sitting
there for two or three days to be a
very healthy environment. So, why would
we ever think that our intestinal track
would be any healthier if we allow
garbage to stay in there for two or
three days. A normal healthy person
should have a bowel movement three
times a day or minimum two times if
he's eating three meals a day. If he
is not, we call this a mild form of
constipation. Now someone may have
bowel movements three or four times
a day, but if the bowel movements are
liquidy or loose they won't be passing
a lot of solid material and that would
still be considered constipation.
Remember Constipation Means to Compact
This doesn't mean how many times you are moving. It simply means that things
are being compacted in the bowel and
the bowel is not fully evacuating,
cleaning itself. Diarrhea in many senses
can be a form of severe constipation.
If one were to analyze the bulk weight
of material released in every episode
of diarrhea that someone was having
over the period of a few days, they
would find they are passing mostly
water and not much solid material.
Therefore, the solid material is staying
in the bowel, so even though they have
the appearance of moving a lot and cleaning
themselves out, they're really not
because it's not solid material, it's
all water. Sometimes people can become
so constipated that all that will come
out is liquid and loose material. This
is defiantly a form of constipation
if someone is moving his or her bowels
every two to three days or any longer
than that. This is severe constipation.
This is the type of situation that
is a breeding ground for many illnesses
and diseases.
Antibiotics Lead to Constipation
There are many causes of constipation.
Very typically, antibiotics and other
drugs can disrupt the friendly bacteria
called acidophilus and bifidus, which
live in our intestinal tract. These
friendly bacteria help us to digest
our food and help keep the intestinal
pH at the right balance so that the
bowels are able to move. When these
bacteria are destroyed, the bowels
can become too alkaline. Many times,
the stool pH can go over 7.2, which
is much more alkaline than it should
be. When the stool pH becomes too alkaline,
the bowels slow down and constipation
is apparent.
Importance of Friendly Bacteria and Digestive Enzymes
Different enzymes known as brush border enzymes protect the barrier wall and help digest food and absorb vitamins and
minerals. Unfortunately constipation can clog up the system and prevent absorption. At this point,
we are unable to digest and absorb
the vitamins, minerals, proteins and
other nutrients from our food and we
start developing many deficiency diseases
that many of us read about in health
and vitamin books.
What Can Disturb Friendly Bacteria?
Many things can disturb our friendly bacteria. It could be as simple as
chlorinated water. Excessive intake
of coffee, alcohol, and other drugs
can also disturb the friendly bacteria.
Friendly bacteria are very commonly
disturbed by parasites. This may be
horrible to confront and may be very
difficult for anyone to want to believe,
but people are picking up parasites
all the time. We pick up parasites
from our pets, from our water, from
our food and even from each other.
If the eggs from parasites are allowed
to stay in our bodies too long, the
eggs come in contact with certain chemicals,
two of them are called propyl alcohol
and benzene, these eggs are allowed
to hatch and then parasites start to
grow and multiply in our bodies. Many
parasites can lay thousands of eggs
a day. Once these parasites start to
grow and mature, they disrupt the friendly
bacteria, which then can lead, not
only to constipation, but different
parasite symptoms. Many authorities
and experts now believe that over 90
percent of all Americans are affected
with parasites and that parasites are
actually the cause of 50 percent of
the ailments and illnesses that doctors
are commonly treating people for .
Can you imagine that over 50 percent
of all the ailments and illnesses that
we are going to our doctor for are
actually being caused by parasites
living in our bodies as opposed to
all these big fancy words and terms
that are being coined in medical textbooks?
Other Causes of Chronic Constipation
Constipation can also be caused by nutritional
deficiencies. This can cause under active adrenal
and thyroid function. The adrenal gland acts like the fuel pump in the body
helping fuel get into the cells. The
thyroid gland acts somewhat like sparkplugs,
helping the body burn up fuel and create
energy. These two glands also stimulate
the digestive system and it's very
common to find constipated people with
under active thyroid and adrenal function.
Many times under activity of these
glands will not show up on the standard
blood test that our doctors will do
as this under activity is being caused
by mild nutritional deficiencies of
vitamins, minerals and proteins which
help these glands to work. This is
when one needs to see a nutritionist
to resolve the matter. Constipation
can also be caused by a sluggish liver. This, again, may not show up on standard
medical tests as it may not be a disease
condition. The liver itself will not
stimulate the digestive track to move and pass food along by releasing adequate
amounts of bile which is a substance
which helps us breakdown fats in our
diet. Many experts now feel that almost
everyone has gallstones even though
they may not be symptomatic or necessarily
need medication or surgery from their
doctors. Gallstones can start accumulating
in the gallbladder in the hundreds
and hundreds or even thousands before
the person may ever be symptomatic
of it. I have seen the proof of this
with my own eyes. I have had many patients
do something that we call a gallbladder
flush. This involves taking some simple
every day household foods like lemon
and olive oil and some basic herbs
that flush the gallstones out of the
gallbladder. I have had hundreds of
patients do this and each one has reported
seeing hundreds of stones pass and
these were people who were never symptomatic
of any type of gallbladder or gallstone
problem. What we need to learn from this is that
these stones could be in our gallbladder
and could be causing the gallbladder
and the liver to be ineffectively
operating. This can be another cause
of constipation.
What Can Improve Peristalsis?
Constipation might also be caused by certain vitamin or mineral deficiencies. Pantothenic
acid is a B vitamin that helps encourage
normal peristalsis in the intestines.
Peristalsis is the wavelike muscular
contraction of the colon in the small
intestines which pushes food along,
moving it eventually to the end of
the colon where it is eliminated
out of the body in normal bowel movements.
Three Basic Causes of Constipation:
The First is Lack of Water- when you are dehydrated the body takes water from the colon to hydrate cells, unfortunately now your cells are surrounded with toxic water! Drink more water!
The Next Reasons is Lack of Fiber and the consumption of too many junk foods that are low
in fiber. Fiber, as we have all learned
by now, is essential. It is a bulking
material that helps us brush along
much like a broom would. Nowadays,
people are taking Metamucil that
is essentially a substance called
psyllium. Psyllium is a seed that
contains an outer husk that absorbs
water and gels and bulks up. When
this is consumed, it acts as a fiber
laxative.
Fiber adds moisture to the bowel and
stimulates
the colon to push fecal matter through.
Foods low
in fiber or junk foods cause
the intestinal tract to secrete mucus to coating
and protecting itself from these
harmful irritating junk foods. Mucus
buildup in the colon can also occur
from taking drugs, too much alcohol
or from having parasites or other
harmful organisms in the intestinal
tract. Once again, the intestinal
tract is only trying to protect itself
by secreting mucus in order to put
a thin layer of protective fluid
between itself and the harmful irritant
substance. As time goes on, with
the lack of water and fiber in the
diet, the low fiber food mixes with
the mucus and start to develop into
a paste.
Eventually it hardens like plaster of Paris,
becomes black and highly toxic. This
material can build up, like we said
before, like rust in a pipe. It is
this material that is literally killing
millions and millions of Americans.
This material contains many toxic
chemical substances, harmful bacteria,
parasites and the fungus, Candida
albicans, which can be damaging to
our health. I have personally used
Fiber Plus
Lack
of Chewing or Enzymes is the Third Common Reason for
Constipation. Chewing helps send
signals to our digestive system that
food is being consumed. Chewing acts
like a stimulus to the digestive
system, telling the stomach, pancreas
and the liver all to make digestive
juices and telling the intestines
and the large bowel to push food
along digestive tract. It is amazing
when we realize how much more energy
people have when they are able to
get rid of these internal poisons
that they are carrying around and
producing every second from the dirty,
toxic bowels that we have in this
country.
The 5 R Gut Restoration Program
is the solution (click here for more info)
It is our new Gut Restoration Program.
It is important that your do it in phases as directed here. It involves disinfecting the bowel,
killing harmful bacteria, fungi,
parasites and their eggs, which can
further injure the body and allow
the constipation to persist. We want
to kill these organisms.
We
are having fantastic successeswith the use of Colonics, fiber, emzymes and probiotics, and
in some cases almost miraculous results
in our own practice. We hope this
information benefits you. |