| Having regular constipation can lead to some serious | | | | freely. Concentrated food (processed foods) and |
| illnesses. Fecal matter should move through your colon | | | | constipation go hand in hand, (and) then pills (laxatives) |
| easily and in a short time. When fecal matter remains | | | | are used. More constipation and more pills, it is a |
| in your colon for days, your colon becomes toxic and | | | | vicious circle with bad results. |
| spreads this toxicity into every part of the body. In the | | | | Don't be afraid of cracked wheat, cornmeal, cut oats, |
| bloodstream, these toxins interfere with the deliver of | | | | raw cabbage, onions and celery. They are far better |
| oxygen to the cells and tissues of your body. | | | | than refined flour and the package foods that flood |
| If you have to strain and squeeze to have a bowel | | | | the market. They may save some labor in the kitchen, |
| movement, you can damage the tissues in the lower | | | | but they produce constipation." |
| part of your colon and the blood vessels in your legs. | | | | Today, it is well accepted by nutritionists, Naturopathic |
| In the Past | | | | doctors, and other alternative medicine practitioners, |
| Over 90 years ago and more, doctors knew about | | | | that constipation is a signal that cannot be ignored and |
| the importance of a clean colon. In 1908 Eli Metchnifoff, | | | | your colon function must be kept efficient and well |
| director of the Pasteur Institute, was awarded the | | | | functioning. To ignore constipation for long periods of |
| Nobel Prize for Medicine. His research showed that | | | | time can lead to some serious illnesses. Mostly likely |
| pathogenic colon bacteria, bad bacteria (I will cover this | | | | you will not live to be a ripe old age and if you do it will |
| in a later chapter) produced toxic secretions and by | | | | be with some disability. |
| products, which acted as slow poisoning of the entire | | | | Constipation is a symptom you cannot ignore - even if |
| body. | | | | it occurs only occasionally -because it leads to slow |
| Metchnifoff believed that toxic matter coming from | | | | poisoning of your entire body. |
| your colon was responsible for every degenerating | | | | Many doctors, for a longtime, have refused to believe |
| disease. His belief was so strong that he suggested | | | | that constipation can cause other parts of the body to |
| that man's life span was certainly cut in half when his | | | | become weaken and become unable to perform their |
| colon was neglected and allowed to have excessive | | | | function. You will still find Internet articles, anatomy |
| toxic producing bacteria. | | | | books, and health books suggesting that for some |
| In 1931 Dr. Joseph H. Greer, was telling his patients | | | | people bowel movements in 3 days or more can be |
| what to do to end constipation and how to prevent it. | | | | normal. |
| Today, nutritionists and other health practitioners are | | | | You do not have to wait for a disease to take hold of |
| telling their clients the same thing. | | | | your body so doctors can see you are ill. Take |
| In his small book, The Drugless Road to Perfect Health, | | | | responsibility for your health and don't let constipation |
| 1931, Joseph H. Greer, M.D. reminds his patients, | | | | become a reoccurring condition. |
| "You must have 'roughage' to make the bowels move | | | | |