You may have seen the disturbing pictures of fecal matter, dangling by a stick, plastered all over colon cleansing websites. Colon cleansing has a lot of believers if a quick search on the internet is any judge. At the very least it shows that it is a thriving business. Also known as bowel cleansing, colonic irrigation, high colonic, and colonic hydrotherapy, colon cleansing advocates claim it promotes health by removing toxins and pathogens from the colon, based on the belief that intestinal waste can poison the body and is a major contributor to many diseases.
Other than relieving you temporarily from constipation, frankly there are no health benefits to having a tube inserted up your rectum and your colon flushed with concoctions of water, herbs, enzymes or even coffee. Colonic irrigation is not a completely benign procedure and may lead to electrolyte imbalance, nausea, vomiting, heart failure as well as colon perforation. Be aware that there are case reports of colon infections caused by infected equipment, including 36 patients who contracted Amebiasis at a Colorado clinic in 1980. Ten of these patients required surgical removal of their colon, and six died.
If you are concerned about the health of your colon get more fiber in your diet from fruits and veggies, and stay away from refined products… and a rectal tube!
8 responses so far ↓
Yuko Kobayashi
Jun 6, 2007 at 4:03 am
Hello Marc,
QuoteI looked for the “celebretydiet.com”&”bodyslim.com” but those were different from the one I saw in SF. Could you let me know those website address again?
Thanks,
Yuko
jeff colber
Mar 17, 2008 at 6:08 pm
you do not know what you are talking about many people have benefitted from this know what you are talking about before you comment and i am a doctor
QuoteYuko Kobayashi
Mar 18, 2008 at 4:44 pm
Colon cleansing is not very good. If you look at research papers, you can find out easily. What majority of study results are. Go Google.scholar to check.
QuoteLaura
Mar 18, 2008 at 9:15 pm
you need to remove this photo as you do not have permission to use it.
QuoteJimmy
May 24, 2008 at 6:26 pm
hey Laura, how do you know who’s fecal matter that is! And if they got permission or not! What if it was mine (which it aint), why do you care so much for? you must be one of those crazy people that gotta b*%@h about everything that you dont like. If the sky turns green you’ll probably b*%@h about that and get a group together to protest! worry more about your office than pics of other people fecal matter!!!!
QuoteEmma Frost
May 29, 2008 at 9:37 pm
LOL Jimmy….. but truly…high colonics do work
Quoteum yah
Jun 7, 2008 at 1:08 am
They work. Jimmy obviously enjoys having gassy smelly farts and extra weight on the scale
that’s sexy Jimmy!!!
QuoteMiss Sniffy
Jun 7, 2008 at 1:10 am
hahhahahaah ^^^
Colonix is “the sh*t” hahahah. LITERALLY.
I’m going to go use it next month. Apparently the results are incredible!!!!
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