Knowing how to cleanse your colon is really easy. The most natural way to cleanse your colon is by drinking lots of water. Water can help in the natural peristaltic action – the removing of salt and water from solid waste. The amount of water needed for you to drink depends on your body weight in pounds. Divide your weight in pounds into two in ounces – that is how much water you should drink. For example, you are 100 pounds. You then should drink 50 ounces of water to have your colon cleansed.

Another natural way is by having a change of heart with your diet. The food that we eat has different kinds of fats and carbohydrates which make them imbalanced. Having a balanced and healthy diet is also a way for you to cleanse your colon naturally.

Drinking enough water and having a balanced and healthy diet will cleanse your colon naturally in no time.

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Colon cleansing is usually associated with colonic hydrotherapy, a procedure not a lot of people are entirely comfortable with, but the truth is colon cleansing simply involves ridding your colon of waste products by any means possible. This could come in the form of a diet that is particularly rich in fiber or this could also mean consuming colon cleansing mixes; you would definitely benefit from learning how to make your own colon cleanse.

You can make your own colon cleanse by using water as the base fluid, and then mixing in other beneficial substances. Sea salt is a popular option, as it contains good minerals and nutrients and also gathers toxins as it makes your way into your body. Psyllium husks are a rich source of fiber and can be blended in with water as well. Fruit juice that contains the pulp of the fruit could also be part of your colon cleanse mix. Any of these, combined with a healthful diet, will be sure to give you a super cleanse for your colon.

Irritable bowel syndrome is the abnormal function (dysfunction) of the muscles of the organs of the gastrointestinal tract.  The gastrointestinal tract, however, is complex. A system of nerves runs the entire length of the GI tract from the esophagus to the anus in the muscular walls.  These nerves communicate with other nerves that travel to and from the spinal cord. Nerves within the spinal cord travel back and forth from the brain. (The gastrointestinal tract is exceeded in the numbers of nerves it contains only by the spinal cord and brain.) Thus, the  abnormal function of the nervous system in IBS may occur in a gastrointestinal  muscular organ, the spinal cord, or the brain.

The nervous system that  controls the gastrointestinal organs, as with most other organs, contains both  sensory and motor nerves. The sensory nerves continuously sense what is  happening within the organ and relay this information to nerves in the organ’s  wall. From there, information can be relayed to the spinal cord and brain. The  information is received and processed in the organ’s wall, the spinal cord, or  the brain. Then, based on this sensory input and the way the input is processed,  commands (responses) are sent to the organ over the motor nerves. Two of the  most common motor responses in the intestine are contraction or relaxation of  the muscle of the organ and secretion of fluid and/or mucus into the organ.

As already mentioned, abnormal function of the nerves of the  gastrointestinal organs, at least theoretically, might occur in the organ,  spinal cord, or brain. Moreover, the abnormalities might occur in the sensory  nerves, the motor nerves, or at processing centers in the intestine, spinal  cord, or brain. Some researchers argue that the cause of functional diseases is  abnormalities in the function of the sensory nerves. For example, normal  activities, such as stretching of the small intestine by food, may give rise to  abnormal sensory signals that are sent to the spinal cord and brain, where they  are perceived as pain.

Other researchers argue that the cause of  functional diseases is abnormalities in the function of the motor nerves. For  example, abnormal commands through the motor nerves might produce a painful  spasm (contraction) of the muscles. Still others argue that abnormally  functioning processing centers are responsible for functional diseases because  they misinterpret normal sensations or send abnormal commands to the organ. In  fact, some functional diseases may be due to sensory dysfunction, motor  dysfunction, or both sensory and motor dysfunction. Still others may be due to  abnormalities within the processing centers One area that is receiving a great  deal of scientific attention is the potential role of gas produced by intestinal  bacteria in patients with IBS. Studies have demonstrated that patients with IBS  produce larger amounts of gas than individuals without IBS, and the gas may be  retained longer in the small intestine. Among patients with IBS, abdominal size  increases over the day, reaching a maximum in the evening and returning to  baseline by the following morning. In individuals without IBS, there is no  increase in abdominal size during the day.

There has been a great deal  of controversy over the role that poor digestion and/or absorption of dietary  sugars may play in aggravating the symptoms of IBS. Poor digestion of lactose,  the sugar in milk, is very common as is poor absorption of fructose, a sweetener  found in many processed foods. Poor digestion or absorption of these sugars  could aggravate the symptoms of IBS since unabsorbed sugars often cause  increased formation of gas.

Although these abnormalities in production  and transport of gas could give rise to some of the symptoms of IBS, much more  work will need to be done before the role of intestinal gas in IBS is  clear.

Dietary fat in healthy individuals causes food as well as gas to  move more slowly through the stomach and small intestine. Some patients with IBS  may even respond to dietary fat in an exaggerated fashion with greater slowing.  Thus, dietary fat could–and probably does–aggravate the symptoms of IBS.

To help ease the discomfort that comes from IBS, doing a colon cleanse annually or biannually is recommended.  A colon cleanse rids the body of toxins and chemicals which line the intestinal walls, blocking absorption of nutrients.  This build up also causes gas, constipation, and bloating.  Read more on the benefits of a colon cleanse, product reviews, and colon cleansing products.

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