Food Transition Using Colon Hydrotherapy

Colon hydrotherapy, or colonic irrigation, is a form of cleansing that aids in food transitioning and can benefit your overall diet. If you’ve ever tried to stick to any type of food regimen, you’ll know how difficult it is to maintain a balanced, healthy diet just by will-power alone.

Clearing Food Cravings

Working as a detoxification method, colonic irrigation helps to flush-out toxins and waste matter from the colon, liver, kidney, and the toxic cells within the body. This detox acts as a jump-start to a new diet altogether. Many food cravings disappear as the body starts to constantly eliminate harmful substances in the body, allowing the metabolism to normalize.

Whether you’re looking to add new foods to your diet – like quinoa and millet (two powerful ancient whole grains) and freshly cooked kale and spinach (two of the best greens for helping to get rid of waste matter in the colon), or if you looking to get rid of certain foods like refined sugars, gluten, dairy, and meat – colonic irrigation is the safest and most effective method to transition into a new, healthy diet.

An Unhealthy Colon Can Cause Disease

The colon can actually hold up to 25 pounds of undigested food for years. This food eventually turns toxic. Many problems that people face when an unhealthy colon is present are: acne or skin problems, bloating, bad breath, constipation, diarrhea, digestive problems, allergies, fatigue, hair loss, decreased energy, constant headaches, insomnia, gas, heartburn, and poor sex drive. All of these symptoms can be relieved by one or several colon hydrotherapy sessions.

Following a juice fast during the cleansing is the best option, allowing the body to remove all excess food that has been stored in the colon, rather than working on what the body ate the day of or the night before a cleanse. It is crucial to avoid all fast food, especially non-fiber foods like all meat products and most restaurant dishes. Also, you must drink plenty of water and avoid coffee and soda, as well as drinks with sugar like Gatorade. Another important tip is to exercise; exercising stimulates bowel movement and will aid in the digestion of foods during and after colon cleansing.

After a few colonics, you body will normalize and eventually not need as much food as before. You start to realize what you’re really putting into your body and how it can affect your daily life.

The number of sessions you will need will depend upon your specific needs and goals. Some people could not live without a colonic once or twice a week, while others benefit from it once a month. Most individuals will greatly benefit from around three to four colonics during the first two months of treatment, depending on the commitment towards health and current health conditions. The process is simple: find a therapist in your area that can work with you on an individualized basis, and make the most of your healing process and food transition!

Better Health with Juice Fasts

A sample juice fast will combine all fresh (and if possible, organic) greens. One of the pioneers in the field of raw juicing is Dr. N.W. Walker, known as the “juice doctor.” In his book, Raw Vegetable Juices, Dr. Walker explains that a diet based mainly on raw plants, stating that baked, frozen, or cooked foods are “dead” and should be avoided. This is a very drastic change from what most Americans follow. The average person will have a very difficult time avoiding bread, pasta, rice and heavy starches. However, Walker claims that by eliminating these foods from our diets we can maintain a very healthy digestive system and reduce toxicity in the body.

“The juices extracted from fresh raw vegetables and fruits are the means by which we can furnish all the cells and tissues of the body with the elements and the nutritional enzymes which they need, in the manner in which they can be most readily digested and assimilated,” said Dr. Walker. “Fruit juices are the cleansers of the human system; vegetable juices are the builders and regenerators.”

Dr. Walker’s research and practices reflect an overall view that an average diet, of an American, causes the colon to be filled with toxins that strain the eliminative channels and ultimately, the immune system.

Many of his clients suffered with constipation. In his book, Pure and Simple Natural Weight Control, Walker explained, “If the feces in the colon have putrefied and fermented, any nutritional elements present in it would pass into the bloodstream as polluted products. What would otherwise be nutritional becomes, in fact, the generation of toxemia--a condition in which the blood contains poisonous products which are produced by the growth of pathogenic or disease-producing bacteria.”

Walker also claimed that not only juicing, but also having regular colonic irrigations at least once a year will greatly benefit your overall health and wellbeing, due to a healthy colon.

He considered a healthy colon as the secret for health, estimating 80% of all dis-ease originates in the colon. Walker claims, “Every organ, gland and cell in the body is affected by the condition of the colon.”

The overall benefit to juice fasting is detoxification. The body undergoes a rejuvenation process as the juice (full of vitamins and antioxidants) acts as a healing tool. During juicing and colonic sessions, it is very helpful to meditate and practice yoga; an amazing combination for the mind, body and spirit.