Tag: How to Cleanse your Colon
All normal human persons have an organ in their digestive system called the colon. What is it? What does it do? The colon is in the end part of the digestive system. Just before the solid waste departs from the body, it passes by the colon first, so that water and salt could be extracted from it. If your colon can’t perform this task well, it could cause toxins to spread all over your body. You wouldn’t want that, would you?
Continue October 18, 2009
Some people think that cleansing the colon is a complicated and expensive process; this is totally not the case. You can keep your colon in tiptop shape on your own and at home. A good first step is to start eating healthful foods and avoiding junk food, which tends to cling to your intestines and contribute to the toxins swirling inside your body–not a pretty picture. You can also promote a healthier colon with a colon cleanse.
Continue September 14, 2009
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.
Continue September 10, 2009