Is Your Colon Toxic?

Do you suffer from a toxic colon? According to some estimates, over 50 million people in America suffer from some kind of bowel problem, which are often related to an unhealthy colon.

These problems include – colitis, constipation, acid reflux, irritable bowel syndrome and Crohn’s disease…just to name a few. In addition to this, each year over 100,000 people undergo a colostomy surgery.

The colon is the part of the large intestine extending from the cecum to the rectum. The most common sign of a toxic colon is constipation.  Constipation results when waste materials move too slowly through the large bowel, resulting in infrequent and/or painful elimination.

Over time, your colon may become unhealthy and lose its ability to properly eliminate all the waste materials from your digestive tract. This is due to a combination of the following: Poor diet, lack of exercise, stress, drug intake, lifestyle and a variety of other factors.

When the human colon becomes less active, the body does not eliminate its waste materials as effectively. Therefore, when the elimination process is not functioning properly, deposits of waste matter build up along the wall of your colon or in the pockets of the colon.

Normally, your body pushes waste out of your colon in 16 to 24 hours. When you’re not able to eliminate properly, these wastes remain in your body for days.

Even worse, if some of this waste material deposits along the colon wall, it may not leave for months or even years. Amazingly, these deposits of hardened fecal matter can get to be 2 or 3 inches thick and as hard as tire rubber.

Some experts believe that we could be carrying up to 5-20 pounds of fecal matter in our intestines and colon at any one time, more for people who are constipated.

An unhealthy colon can adversely affect your total health, including all the systems of your body. If we abuse and neglect our colon and hinder the elimination process, the toxins that should be removed will continue to build up and be reabsorbed into the bloodstream. This creates a serious health issue known as autointoxication or self-poisoning.

Autointoxication is the process in which the body literally poisons itself by maintaining a cesspool of decaying matter in its colon. This inner cesspool can contain as high a concentration of harmful bacteria as a cesspool under a house.

The toxins released by the decay process get into the bloodstream and travel to all parts of the body. Every cell in the body gets affected, and many forms of sickness can result.