What do you think about colon cleansing?

Answer 1

Since you are asking this in the cancer category I am assuming you believe that colon cleansing will somehow prevent cancer. It won't. There is no evidence that the colon needs anything done to it as it naturally will cleanse itself. There is some evidence though that it can be harmful by removing what is already naturally within the colon. So, be careful, use common sense, be moderate if you decide to try it, and don't do it if you mistakenly think it might prevent colon cancer. It won't protect you from getting colon cancer or any other type of cancer.

Answer 2

Whether you’re feeling unwell or simply want to proactively work towards improved health, several reasons suggest why you should consider the digestive system as integral for
overall health. It’s a fact—the digestive system is the primary component of your immune system as it filters harmful toxins and chemicals from whatever you consume.

We truly are what we eat. Most people find they cannot adhere to strict dietary guidelines all the time, so it’s common sense that a little damage control might be occasionally needed. Everything you eat and drink passes through your digestive system and if your system isn’t clean, harmful foods can create a toxin-filled gut that could ultimately turn against you.
Keeping things working well in your stomach and colon can benefit your health in many ways. A relatively clean digestive system can improve your quality of life today as well as reduce your chances of disease later. Benefits of a colon cleanse for your overall health include:

* Better tolerance to food
* Better vitamin and nutrient absorption
* Reduced constipation and bowel problems
* Increased energy
* Weight loss
* Lack of bloating
* Relief from backaches
* Clearer skin
* Reduced halitosis
* Headache reduction
* More comfortable, easier bowel movements

The benefits of a colon cleanse are so vast many people exclaim they feel like a new person afterwards. Feeling energetic and “lighter” are some of the reported results of colon cleansing. Performing a thorough, seven or ten day cleanse can bestow noticeable enhancement to your health.

Answer 3

This will work as a colon cleanser. Try Vitamin C therapy. A few years ago a cancer specialist came out with a paper that said the best cancer/infection fighter found to date was Interferon. At the time it was $15,000 a gram. The paper also said that Interferon was a by-product of the natural breakdown of Vitamin C in your body. Shortly after that the FDA tried to make Vitamin C by prescription only. Guess why? The FDA has the RDA for Vitamin C set at 64 mg a day, just enough to ward off scurvy. Linus Pauling, who got a Nobel Prize for his work with Vitamin C and a second Nobel Prize for Organic Chemistry, said that 1000 mg a day should be the minimum and 2000 mg a day if you are sick or smoke. He played tennis almost daily until the day he died at 96. Personally, I got sick twice a year for 2 weeks at a time, for more than 20 years, with something to this day the doctors have no idea what it was, but for a week in the middle of those 2 weeks I was flat on my back. I started Vitamin C therapy once I gave up on the doctors. I took enough to be asymptomatic for those 2 weeks. Too much and I got diarrhea and too little and I got sick. Within a narrow range, and it followed a bell curve over those 2 weeks, I was not sick. At the height I was taking 40,000 mg a day and 300,000 over the 2 weeks. After 2 years of that I have not been sick since – more than 15 years. Vitamin C acts as a natural diuretic so you need to drink a lot of water and watch your body in total, but my kidneys did not dissolve as the doctors predicted, or get massive kidney stones as other predicted. I did not dissolve my bones as some predicted or completely calcify my joints as others predicted. I had no side effects at all. It might be something to consider.

Answer 4

It's quackery:
It's unnecessary. Your colon doesn't require enemas or special diets or pills to eliminate waste material and bacteria. It does this naturally on its own.

It may be harmful. Your colon absorbs water and sodium to maintain your body's fluid and electrolyte balance. Some colon-cleansing programs disrupt this balance, causing dehydration and salt depletion. Long-term or excessive cleansing programs can lead to problems such as anemia, malnutrition and heart failure.

Answer 5

I personally have never had a colonic, but from talking to others who have, I would consider getting one. They say they're extremely relaxing and they just feel all around "cleansed" from the inside out after having one. I'd say go for it!

Answer 6

Your colon can take care of itself.

Answer 7

it sounds and looks like it's very uncomfortable, but i'd rather go through a 30-minute procedure and live instead of not doing it and maybe dying of colon cancer!!

Answer 8

bad idea unless your getting a colonoscopy. you have a normal flora of bacteria in your colon, if you get rid of it you can be exposed to a super infection. its very not reccomended.

Answer 9

It's a good thing I need to get one.