Good guts to Good health

It is well known that optimal health depends on getting the right nutrition as well as daily detoxification. Detoxification is a process of clearing toxins from the body by neutralizing, transforming or eliminating them. Detoxification involves dietary and lifestyle changes to reduce the intake of toxins and improve elimination. In addition, our colon is the body’s most important elimination system.

How does toxic waste accumulate in your colon?
Obviously, you are what you eat. Unfortunately, most urbanites do not take time and trouble to eat a balanced meal. Toxic wastes are often the result of:
1. In taking less fiber in your diet
2. Undigested food particles
3. Consuming more Processed, refined, fried, overcooked foods
4. Devitalized starches, sugar, excessive amount of salts.
5. Soft drinks or beer in aluminum cans
6. Heavy metals found in deodorants and cosmetics.
7. Using cooking utensils such as aluminum pots for cooking.
8. Prescription and over the counter drugs
9. Parasites and worms
10. Antibiotics found in poultry and beef.
11. Environmental pollutants, pesticides and poisons ingested into our systems through the air we breathe, the food we eat and the water we drink.

Symptoms of a sluggish colon
When your colon is not functioning at its optimal level, your health suffers and you may experience:
1. Lower back pain, neck and shoulder pain.
2. Headache or insomnia
3. Joint pain, stiffness or muscle weakness
4. A weakened immunity
5. Anxiety, depression, confusion or brain fog
6. Brittle nails and hair
7. Abnormal body odor or bad breath
8. Frequent allergies, skin rashes, acne, liver spot, or psoriasis
9. Dark eye circles
10. Yeast infection

Therefore, it is imperative to take care of your colon, as it is believed that the root of all diseases is a sluggish colon.