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Cleanse Your Digestive System of Toxic Fecal Matter

Cleansing the Digestive System

We clean our face everyday, but people seldom think about whether or not they need to clean their intestines. Our intestinal tract is like plumbing system in a house, with the small intestines comparable to sewage pipes and the colon comparable to the septic tank. When fat and debris are poured down the drain every day, the pipes will become clogged. Septic tanks need to be pumped out occasionally. Otherwise, too much waste will accumulate and back up into the house. The same thing will happen to your intestines. When you pour greasy food, excessive dairy products, meats and other foods with toxic substances down your intestinal tract every day, food residues build up.

Food residues, combines with mucous secreted by mucous membranes in the colon, form layers of gluey feces, which will build up in pockets and may pile up along the entire length of the colon and part of the small intestines, year after year. Constipation becomes a norm. People have been known to carry 40-50 pounds of old, dried up fecal matter in their intestines. Old feces do not pass from the body with ordinary bowel movements. They need special treatment to dissolve the glue that binds them to the intestinal wall.

If you let these decayed food residues accumulate in your intestines, you will suffer from autointoxication (self-poisoning), which is a disorder resulting from absorption of the waste products of metabolism, decomposed matter from the intestine, or the products of dead and infected tissue as in gangrene. The toxins can be carried by the blood stream to all parts of the body and end up in every cell, leading to various forms of illness.

If you experience any of the following symptoms, you may be experiencing autointoxication, and therefore you might want to consider some type of internal cleansing program:

1. Allergy or intolerance to certain foods

2. Bad breath and foul-smelling gas and stools

3. Constipation, diarrhea, sluggish elimination, irregular bowel movements

4. Frequent congestion, colds, viruses

5. Flatulence or gas and frequent intestinal disorders

6. General aches and pains that migrate from one place to another

7. Intolerance to fatty foods

8. Low energy; loss of vitality for no apparent reason

9. Lower back pain

10. Lowered resistance to infections

11. Needing to sleep a long time

12. Pain in your liver or gall bladder

13. Premenstrual syndrome, breast soreness, and vaginal infections

14. Skin problems, rashes, boils, pimples, etc

If you have severe symptoms or any serious disorders, seek the attention of a competent health care provider. The above list is only meant to indicate some of the symptoms of autointoxication. Anyone who has been on a Standard American Diet for more than two years would benefit from periodic cleansing, especially if you live in an urban area.

It’s Time for SPRING CLEANING of Your Digestive System

Throw open the windows, air out the mattress, shake out those rugs, it’s spring cleaning time!! We all enjoy the first fine days of spring. You feel rejuvenated after a long winter. But don’t just spring clean your house. Spring clean yourself! Why?

Unhealthy nutritional habits and environmental factors may reduce your elimination process and toxic accumulation can occur. Because the colon is the digestive system’s key organ of elimination, when it is impaired it can affect proper colonic functioning.

According to Balch and Balch (Prescription for Nutritional Healing, 3rd ed., 2000), “…Retained debris in the colon leads to absorption of toxins, resulting in systemic intoxication (poisoning). Symptoms of this condition can include mental confusion, depression, irritability, fatigue, gastrointestinal irregularities, and even allergic reactions such as hives, sneezing, and coughing. Many nutritionists and researchers believe that this toxicity can eventually lead to more serious disorders. Colon cleanings can rid the colon of debris, and help prevent and treat a variety of health problems.”

HerbaLife’s 21-Day Herbal Cleansing Program is a two-product system designed to detoxify and maintain colon health. The PM Cleansing Formula supports the body’s ability to remove health-robbing toxins from every cell in your body. In addition, it promotes the body’s regular, natural self-cleansing action. One of the first questions I usually get is, “Will it give me diarrhea?” No. Right before bed, you take one to four tablets, depending on how your system normally works. By morning you experience a nice, cleansing bowel movement. When taking the appropriate number of tablets, you will not have loose stool, just good results from your cleanse. Continue to take the appropriate number of tablets for your system either until 21 days are up or you run out of tablets.

Every morning you take two tablets of the AM Replenishing Formula. This product is a special combination of wholesome ingredients such as “friendly bacteria” and health enhancing “probiotic factors” along with an exclusive blend of fiber and fructooligosaccharides that help soothe, rebuild and revitalize the colon

environment. Fruit-toe-what? Fructooligosaccharides (FOS) are considered “pre-biotics.”

Prevention Magazine (May 1999) did an article on FOS, which tells us they are a type of carbohydrate that reaches your colon undigested to “feed health-promoting bacteria such as Lactobacillus and Bifidobacteria.” Don’t worry about the names, just know that if you have lots of “good bacteria” they can fight off and prevent the build up of any bad bacteria such as salmonella.

Prebiotics are known for their ability to relieve constipation, prevent diarrhea, and reduce some food sensitivities such as lactose intolerance. Research is currently underway investigating the effects of prebiotics on strengthening the immune system, inhibiting the effects of food borne illness, preventing colon cancer and

reducing cholesterol. Good stuff!

While cleansing, it’s always a good idea to boost your antioxidant support with HerbaLife’s Schizandra Plus, RoseOx and Mega Garlic Plus products to augment the cleansing process. (Click here for more information on these products.) Use our 21-Day Herbal Cleansing Program two to three times a year and always after you’ve used a prescription antibiotic.

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By Kim F.
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"I'm still pinching myself about how much weight I've lost!"

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Weight Before & After

Before: 177
After: 137
Pounds lost: 40