If you want to be able to keep yourself healthy all the time, a good colon system maintenance is what you should be looking for and what you should discipline yourself to have and, of course, to commit to doing. There are two (2) main ways of having a good colon system. One is the natural way and the other is the non-natural way. A colon system maintenance done the natural way usually involves natural elements, like the right type of foods to eat, constant exercise, a healthy lifestyle free of vices, and the like. The non-natural way of colon system maintenance is a bit more expensive since it involves the use of products manufactured specifically for the purpose of keeping your colons healthy.

If you are planning to stick to a colon system maintenance plan, you need to determine first which one would work the best for you. Consulting your doctor would be the best thing to do before you finally get to decide on one.

Before, we could control our intake and digestion of the food we eat. The food pyramid served as a guide in choosing what to eat more or what to eat less. But now, various kinds of processed food found in the grocery shops and fast foods have come up and monitoring food became difficult. These kinds of processed food are harder to digest and leave toxins in the body. There are a lot of colon cleansing apparatus or kits invented, although, some of the people find it too expensive to buy these.

A homemade colon cleanser is better because aside from helping us excrete these body wastes, it’s free. To get a free homemade colon cleanse you just have to choose food which are very high in fiber. Such types of food include large servings of fresh vegetables and fruits and flax seeds. Other ways to increase elimination of waste is to drink lots of water.

For a faster result, try this homemade colon cleanser. Take apple cleansing juice and plenty of water or herbal teas. Also use an enema for three consecutive days. With these free homemade colon cleansers, you are sure to have a cleaner, healthy colon without having to spend a large amount.

The colon performs one of the most vital roles in digestion. It absorbs important vitamins and electrolytes from the ingested food. Aside from this, it is one of the organs mainly responsible for the elimination of toxins, in the form of a fecal matter, out of the body. The body is compromised when the colon isn’t working right. Vitamins and other important nutrients are not absorbed well, and toxins which have not been removed may transfer to the bloodstream and cause even bigger problems such as constipation, ulcerative colitis and colon cancer.

A healthy colon is definitely really necessary. With colon problems emerging here and there, one should know various methods on how to cleanse your colon. There are a lot of ways to keep your colon healthy. You can even do it in the comforts of your own home. One of the easiest, most natural methods is cleansing through food. This method aims to force the toxins and bacteria out of your body by increasing your bowel movement. Food rich in fiber, fruits, vegetables, whether in solid or liquefied form, are great examples of a colon cleansing diet.

To live a fuller life, you must be particular with the food you partake. You should also try to include exercise in your daily routine and be conscious of your health. Getting sick can be physically and mentally painful and it is best to avoid it and be safer than sorry.

Our overall health seems to be improving over the past twenty years.  We are living longer,  growing taller, and are obsessed with Yoga.  However, the number of cases of several illnesses have been rising mysteriously.  From the early 1980s through the late 1990s, autism increased tenfold; from the early 1970s through the mid-1990s, one type of leukemia was up 62 percent, male birth defects doubled, and childhood brain cancer was up 40 percent. Some experts suspect a link to the man-made chemicals that pervade our food, water, and air.

Over the years, one chemical after another that was thought to be harmless turned out to be otherwise once the facts were in.  The classic example is lead. In 1971 the U.S. Surgeon General declared that lead levels of 40 micrograms per deciliter of blood were safe. It’s now known that any detectable lead causes neurological damage in children, knocking off IQ points.

From DDT to PCBs, the chemical industry has released compounds first and discovered damaging and lethal health effects later.  Not unlike the FDA, but that’s another topic altogether.

Each year the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reviews about 1,700 new compounds that industries want approved. The Toxic Substances Control Act (1976) requires that chemicals be tested for any harmful health effects only if there is any evidence which suggests there may be ill effects. So if no one thinks they’re bad, they aren’t tested.  Of the 82,000 chemicals in use in the U.S. only ¼ have ever been tested for toxicity.

David Ewing Duncan, a writer for National Geographic Magazine, grew up in a small town near Kansas, City in the 1960s.  His life isn’t so different from millions of other Americans.  His summers were filled with adventures, playing with his buddies in the local swimming hole, running between the rows of corn, and rummaging through the dump looking for treasures that only boys could want.

This dump, one of his favorite romping grounds, was not required to follow any sort of code or regulation and has since been classified as an EPA Superfund Site, putting it on the the National Priority List for hazardous places.  This dump also happens to be situated ½ mile from his favorite swimming hole and the county’s water supply, the source of drinking water for 45,000 homes.

In the 1970s, Duncan went to school at Vassar College in the city of Poughkeepsie, NY, which sits on the Hudson River.  One hundred and forty miles upstream is Hudson Falls, where General Electric decided to dump all of their PCB waste.  As far down as Poughkeepsie, PCB levels are off the charts in the soil, the water, and the local wild life as the main source of water for Poughkeepsie is the Hudson.

PCBs, were once used as electrical insulators and heat-exchange fluids in transformers. However, because of its high toxicity, PCB production was banned in the United States in 1976.  PCBs will, however, stay in the environment for decades. In animals, they destroy liver function, raise blood lipids, and cause cancer. Who knows what it’s doing to us.

Drinking water after his daily workout routine, Duncan began exposing himself to Bisphenol A, an ingredient in rigid plastics from water bottles to safety goggles. Bisphenol A causes reproductive system abnormalities in animals and, for starters, effects hormone production levels in humans.

Bathing, driving, and heating up his lunch in the microwave all exposed him to lethal phthalates, which are present in everything from lotions, to car dashboards, to plastic wrap.
While doing the research for his story, Duncan has a special, toxicity test performed on his body (it’s not available to individuals so National Geographic footed the $15,000 bill).  His body was full of toxins, including dioxins (found in paper mills and incinerators), PCB, phthalates, fire retardants (which airplanes are doused in), and mercury, a neurotoxin that can permanently impair memory, learning centers, and behavior (coal plants produce the most of it).  Mercury is also present in seafood.  The higher up the food chain a fish is, the higher the levels of mercury. Swordfish has very high levels.

His body was riddled with toxins, all introduced into his system by the environment, food, and his skin.  There is nothing out of the ordinary about this reporter’s life.  He played in a swimming hole as a kid, he flies on airplanes, drinks bottled water, and used scented shampoo.  We all have similar levels of toxicity in our bodies.

With all of this knowledge about the harmful effects of these and myriad other chemicals, why  haven’t they been banned?  Why are industries being allowed to produce them and companies allowed to use them?

For some reason, the U.S. is far behind the chemical banning band wagon.  Many chemicals which have been banned by other countries are still allowed here.  For example, last year the European Union (EU) banned phthalates from all plastics.  Now in China, where many plastic items are made, they make a batch of phthalate-free plastics for the Europe, and a separate batch of phthalate plastics for the Untied States.

In 2004, both Europe and India banned penta- and octa-BDEs, extremely harmful toxins found in fire retardants causing mental illness, birth defects, and behavioral problems. They are still widely used in the U.S.

None of us realize just how many harmful chemicals and toxins we are exposed to on a daily basis.  We order french fries, knowing we are about to put trans fat, artery-clogging, supersaturated, oil-laden starches into our bodies. But bottled water we drink after cycling? A piece of salmon for dinner?  Absolutely everything we do introduces some kind of chemical into our bodies.

These adverse effects from chemicals vary depending on the PPB (parts per billion) present in the body.  Traces of these chemicals are relatively benign – most people are quite healthy.  But once these chemicals build up in the system, their destructiveness increases.

One way to expel some of these toxins from the body is though body detoxification – either through a detox diet, colon cleanse, body cleanse, or colon hydrotherapy.  Through pills, diet, or a combination of both, we can decrease the PPB of chemicals in our bodies.  Experts recommend a colon cleansing detox program of some sorts annually.

As more and more chemical toxicity awareness emerges, the more options we have to consciously reduce our intake of said toxins, such as the surge of available phthalate-free water bottles and labels on foods which do not contain trans fats.  Even if becoming a reclusive, organic farmer were an option, we still couldn’t escape breathing polluted air or drinking contaminated water.