Here’s an example of why you should avoid colon cleanses.
One person at acne.org forums posted, I presume, his experience after a colon cleanse. First, he didn’t have a bowel movement for 4 days. And when something finally came out it was so hard it caused fissures. Few days after he got a diarrhea and the fissures are still there. Plus he bleeds every time he has a bowel movement.
Other people chipped in saying they get bloating and constipation followed by a diarrhea after using fiber supplements.
I wanted to write this because many people with acne think they have to cleanse their colon before they can get clear. They’ve been told they have 10 pounds of undigested food rotting in their gut that’s poisoning their bodies. I used to think that, and I even used many of these products.
Luckily I know better now.
First off, the talk about undigested food and mucous plague rotting in your gut is pure BS. They tell you that tale because it scares you into buying their colon cleansing products. At the end of the post I explain why this mucous plaque cannot exist.
Second, while most people get no problems from colon cleansing products and procedures, they are not 100% safe. In the Perfect Health Program Dr. Graham tells a story of a person who, after a single colonic, could not have an unassisted bowel movement. One colonic and you couldn’t have a bowel movement anymore. For life.
Obviously these are extreme and rare cases, but they happen. And it shows that these products and procedures are not as safe as the people selling them let you to understand.
Sidenote. If you are interested of health and want to cut through all the BS, I highly recommend you get the Perfect Health Program. It’s not the cheapest thing, but easily worth the price.
The colon wall is lined with sensitive nerve endings. Harsh insoluble fibers in colon cleansing products and fiber supplements can irritate and damage them. Colonics (where you flush the colon with water) can cause excessive pressure on the colon walls and rupture the colon muscles.
Do yourself a favor and don’t use these products.
And even if they were 100% safe you still wouldn’t need them.
The only thing you need for a healthy colon functioning is a healthy diet and lifestyle, such as one described in Clear for Life. Plenty of fruit and vegetable fiber keeps the bacteria happy. Add some water and regular exercise, and you’ll have a recipe for a happy and well functioning colon.
Finally, let’s see the facts behind mucous plaque and undigested food rotting in the colon.
If it were there, makes you wonder why it never shows up in colon surgeries or autopsies. You’d think that when the doctor opens up the colon he would see this mess of undigested food and mucous plaque.
Funny enough it’s never reported. And some colon surgeons even say that after thousands of operations they’ve never seen it.
That’s because it only exists in the minds of the people who sell colon cleansing products.
When you understand even a bit of physiology, it’s clear your colon cannot house years’ worth of undigested and rotting food.
Think of the colon as a tube. If it were filled with undigested food that pipe would be blocked. You still go to the toilet, so obviously the pipe is still open.
But they say: ‘no, but it’s stuck to the colon walls, so the colon is not blocked, it’s only narrower’.
Interesting. I guess they forgot that the colon wall keeps renewing itself all the time. It keeps shedding off old cells off and replacing them with new ones. It happens so rapidly that every 7 hours the whole lining is replaced.
For something to stick there it would have to reattach itself over 3 times a day. That’s about 1000 times a year.
Quite a feat for a rotting piece of undigested food.
This is just one of the quacks the natural health field is riddled with. Unfortunately many well meaning people both believe into these and repeat them to their friends as solid facts.
I spend 7 years going through the jungle of BS until health and clear skin really opened to me. And I think I’d still be in there cleansing my colon and flushing my liver (and wondering why I’m not getting clear) if it weren’t for Dr. Graham and the Perfect Health Program.
Dr. Graham really cut through all the BS with his rational explanation and irrefutable logic of how health works. After that my results went through the roof.
That’s why I believe it’s so important to have someone explain and mentor you through the whole thing. I highly recommend the Perfect Health Program if you are interested of health.
If you are more interested of curing acne than reaching optimal health, then Clear for Life is more than enough for you.