A healthy body is clean and lean

1.    According to some natural health experts, most people carry excess undigested fecal matter in their colon. The sooner they begin to eliminate it, the better they feel. And when it comes to weight loss, the weight lost through the elimination of fecal matter is weight permanently lost.

2.    Each organ that eliminates waste in the body, can be cleansed. The primary organs that detoxify the body are the skin, colon, liver, kidneys, blood and lymphatics. Body wrap experts report that when cleansing formulas for the liver are started a few days before the body wrap, the inches lost increases at least 20%.

3.    Cleansing formulas often contain herbs and supplements that support the organ that’s being cleansed. Some formulas add herbs or supplements that may contribute to weight loss, such as berberine and green tea.

4.    Our body accumulates chemicals, pesticides, heavy metals or other poisons in fat cells throughout the body. It’s believed that the greater the accumulation of these toxins in the body, the harder it is for the fat cell to break down. That’s one reason why it’s difficult to lose weight.

5.    Cleansing formulas may also contain herbal blends to improve the function of the kidneys, GI tract, gall bladder and liver. This can indirectly assist in weight loss by creating a more healthy system overall.

6.    Cleansing always requires drinking more water than what is usually drank during the day. Experts recommend as little as 1 ounce for every 2 pounds of body weight and as much as 1 ounce for every 1 pound body weight.

7.    When cleansing, it’s important to start detoxifying the skin or colon before any other organ, even though liver cleanses may facilitate greater weight loss.

This is because toxins released from the liver will have no open route to leave the body. They end up getting re-circulated throughout the body, causing headaches, joint aches and pains, fatigue and skin breakouts. Always cleanse the skin or colon first!

Natures gifts are abundantly present if you seek to use them.

I can make a very strong case that filtered water and detoxification through cleansing can make a big impact on your overall health. If you’re trying to flush waste out of your body, it only makes sense that you drink water that doesn’t have waste in it!

Years ago people died due to things like cholera and typhoid which contaminated our water supplies. Now with the advancements of ‘medicine’ our municipal drinking water is cleansed of most germs — but not drugs. The Associated Press learned, during a five-month investigation, that millions of Americans are drinking water that’s tested positive for minute concentrations of pharmaceuticals.

If you haven’t heard, not too long ago, a whole slew of pharmaceuticals — including antibiotics, anti-convulsant meds, mood stabilizers and sex hormones — were found in the drinking water supplies of at least 41 million Americans. More than 300,000 people suffer from renal failure each year and undergo kidney dialysis and then wait for a kidney transplant.

If you don’t think you can afford a water filtration system check out the costs of kidney dialysis… over $1 Billion per year in the U.S.

It may cost patients as much as $30K per month… do the math for the co-pay. The kidneys are pretty small organs by weight, but they receive a huge amount – about 20% – of the blood pumped by the heart each minute. Every day, your kidneys process and cleanse about 200 quarts of blood to sift out about 2 quarts of waste products.  Be mindful of your ‘machine.’ Love and nurture it and it will, by nature, take care of you.

Our intestinal tract should be used as a processing plant for the food we eat, not as a storage bin. “Some food in … some food out” is the motto of someone with healthy colon function. However, think about it. If you ate three meals yesterday, were three meals eliminated? If not, what happened to the fecal matter? Most likely, it’s still sitting in the processing plant, but the problem is that the longer it sits there, the more toxic the matter becomes.

And if you add in the factor of not drinking enough water, now that toxic matter gets hard in the colon and sometimes ‘stuck’. The purpose of a colon cleanser is to gently stimulate the colon to release its contents, thereby decreasing your body’s overall toxicity level. When you think about it, colon cleansing is safe; living with a toxic colon is unsafe!

In fact, it is possible to die from a toxic colon. The medical condition is called autointoxication and the person literally dies because their body accumulated too much waste matter.

Colon cleansers are generally safe. In the initial days of using them, it’s possible to have a little diarrhea as the body is clearing itself of the toxic fecal matter. This should stop within a few days. You’ll be amazed at how great you feel when all that old matter is gone, and surprised about how easy it is to eat healthy foods afterward. It’s as if all the toxins in the old fecal matter prevented you from eating junk food. Try a good colon cleanse and evaluate its health benefits today!

Bentonite clay is a part of many cleansing routines. Generally between one teaspoon and one tablespoon bentonite clay is mixed into water two or three times a day as a way to draw toxins out of the body. The clay passes through the body without being digested, but along the way, it absorbs water and swells up like a sponge.

However, according to the Canadian Journal of Microbiology, bentonite is absorbing more than just water; it’s absorbing pathogenic viruses and microbes, pesticides, chemicals and intestinal irritants. Once they’re attracted to the “sponge-like clay”, the chemicals stay adhered until they leave the body.

When your intestine is cleaner, you can assimilate the nutrients better from your food and supplements.

A colon cleanser containing bentonite is a good cleanser, sweeping away the excess toxins held in an organ that benefits most without the toxins!

But it’s also acting as an adsorbent, pulling chemicals to itself that remain in the intestinal tract, such as residues from prescription medications that linger, affecting health. Bentonite binds the bad guys!