A Safer Colon Cleanse
Program
With the popularity of the somewhat dubious "Master
Cleanse Program," otherwise known as
the Lemonade Diet, I thought it would be helpful to show you
a safer colon cleanse program that you can use.
The following paragraphs come from the out-of-print
book Health via Food by William Howard Hay, MD.
Dr. Hay was a very strong proponent of colon health, and
believed that much of the disease of his day was caused
by poor eating habits and the resulting sluggishness of
his patients' digestive tracts. I suspect that he was right,
and the American diet has gotten worse since then, not better.
He suggested an extremely simple solution for cleaning the
colon, which includes the use of an enema for several weeks.
Many people today find the very idea of an enema disgusting,
and would prefer a chemical purge because it seems easier. For
that reason, people use the lemonade diet and herbal laxatives
to cause irritation in the digestive tract, which will then
force the body to eject all contents of the colon.
As most people who have ever tried the Master Cleanse Program
will tell you, this chemical purge results in considerable pain,
and it creates far more stress on the body than is needed to
bring the body back to health.
You really don't have to make yourself sick in order to get
well, even though thousands of people have convinced themselves
that a bit of abdominal pain and diarrhea is good for
you. It's not.
I have been using Dr. Hay's recommended colon cleanse system
at least twice a year, ever since I was first diagnosed with
breast cancer 12 years ago. I won't claim that it has kept me
free from cancer - that would be somewhat silly - but it does
make me feel less sluggish and more energetic, and it helps
to remind me to eat the kinds of foods that lead to health instead
of sickness.
Now, I'll let Dr. Hay tell you how to clean out your colon:
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William Howard Hay, MD |
If constipation is marked, it is always well to use the nightly
enema of tepid or slightly cool water, till returning activity
of the colon produces a stool daily before the time for the
enema, when this may be dispensed with, and there should then
result a three-times-a-day habit that should last the rest of
one's life, if food habits are modeled on this simple plan.
(Editor's note - I'll add his free diet plan to this site
in a few days.)
The use of the enema is wholly without harm if the water is
below the temperature of the body, about 80 degrees F. being
a favorable and usable temperature. Three quarts (this being
the capacity of the average colon) should be injected at one
time, to distend thoroughly and completely empty the colon,
and this continued for two weeks, after which the amount may
be reduced to two quarts, and this amount continued, retained
for two or three minutes while the abdomen is thoroughly massaged.
In the beginning it is well to use a heaping tablespoonful
of soda, common baking soda, to each enema, but after two weeks
and when the water is reduced to two quarts, add the juice of
one lemon instead of the soda.
This, with corrected diet, will stop the absorption as well
as the formation of adventitious acids, and relieve the system
of much work that was formerly necessary, thus conserving its
alkalies to keep up its formerly depleted reserve of these.
There you have it - a simple, easy-to-use plan that takes only
a few minutes a day and which you will need to continue only
for a few weeks.
If you're squeamish about using an enema, it may be difficult
for you the first few times you try. I found that it helped
to lie down in my bathtub during the procedure, so that I could
stay warm and comfortable during the process. Once you try this,
you'll find that it is much less stressful on your body than
using the more drastic chemical purge process advised by the
Master Cleanse Program.
And you won't need to take off any time from work or worry
about a laxative kicking in at the wrong moment.
Of course, the whole process is so low-key and private, I doubt
that any celebrities will start a blog report about their ongoing
process with this cleansing program - it wouldn't make very
good reading, after all. But it does work.
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