Does Your Colon Get Enough Exercise?

Located at the bottom part of the large intestine, the colon is considered a muscle, and it is thought to be one of the strongest muscles in the human body. This large muscle is exercised when we have bowel movements. Unfortunately, most people's colons are not getting nearly enough exercise!

Our lifestyles have become such that we are no longer ingesting enough water or the proper foods for our systems to function properly. This includes exercising the colon. Animals have two to three bowel movements a day because they depend on nature for their survival. Humans are lucky to have one bowel movement a day, even though nature intended for us to have two or three.

When the colon fails to get enough exercise, bad things happen. First, the colon and the intestines have un-excreted waste and rotting fecal matter hanging onto the walls. This waste of course causes toxins to build up, and it feeds the parasites that live within the body - and that isn't the worst of it. It also leads to illness, disease, and even colon cancer and death!

Furthermore, people who are overweight have trouble losing the weight simply because all of this disgusting buildup is preventing the absorption of vital nutrients, and waste is not being excreted properly. This excess waste can even account for around twenty five pounds of your current weight.

While nobody wants to dwell on their colons or their bowel habits, it is important to do so in order to get or maintain good health. Doctors recommend colon cleansing annually, and depending on your diet and other health habits, you may need to cleanse your colon more often.

When you clean your colon, you will be providing your colon with the proper amount of exercise. If you have never had your colon cleansed, you may be amazed, and possibly disgusted, by what your colon produces. However, the next time you clean your colon it won't be nearly as bad.

Picture your colon and intestines as you picture the pipes in your home. Over time, those pipes become full of gunk that clings to the side of the pipes. Over a long period of time, those pipes can corrode, or at the very least become stopped up due to the amount of gunk in there. Your intestines and colon work the same way - becoming full of gunk to the point where they no longer function properly.

Since your colon and intestines are a part of a very complicated system, when they don't operate as they were meant to, the entire system becomes affected, and other parts of the system start operating poorly, or stop working altogether. This is why it is so important to make sure that your colon is getting the exercise that it needs, and that you cleanse it at least once a year.

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