JUNE 2008 AFRICAN ALOE NEWSLETTER
DETOX YOUR DIGESTIVE SYSTEM WITH ALCARE ALOE BITTER TABLETS!
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DETOX YOUR DIGESTIVE SYSTEM WITH ALCARE ALOE BITTER TABLETS!
Click here for the May 2008 Newsletter
For ages, humans have connected various illnesses to a toxic digestive system. Most of us shall recall that our parents or grandparents used to give us Epsom salts or castor oil to "clean our blood". Whether it was a rational health therapy for school children can be debated, but in view of the apparent health benefits that can be drived from detoxification under certain circumstances. the use of laxatives can surely be justified. Constipation is one of the most common health problems experienced today.
Constipation:
Constipation results when food moves too slowly through the gastrointestinal or GI tract. About 80 percent of people suffer from constipation at some time during their lives. Brief periods of constipation are normal. Constipation is usually diagnosed when bowel movements occur fewer than three times per week on an ongoing basis. Other signs of constipation occur when the stool is hard, dry or there is excessive straining. Sometimes it is painful to pass. Sometimes the patient does not feel complete after a bowel movement.
There is widespread belief that everyone should have a bowel movement at least once each day or even more than once per day if they want to experience good health. This ability depends greatly on what you eat, how much exercise you get, how much water you drink and if you are taking prescription drugs. Constipation can arise from lack of enough fiber and water, inadequate exercise, advanced age, muscle disorders and poor diet. Pre-menstrual and pregnant women can suffer from constipation also, but the most common cause is usually dietary. Constipation can also be a component of irritable bowel syndrome or can result from a wide range of causes such as drug side effects or physical immobility.
Many medications, including pain killers, antidepressants, tranquilizers, blood pressure medication, diuretics, iron supplements, calcium supplements, and aluminum containing antacids can cause or worsen constipation.
Constipation can sometimes have an unknown or idiopathic cause. Some people have a good diet, drink plenty of fluid or do not have a disorder, which can cause constipation, yet become constipated. Their bowels are said to be "under active". This is rather common especially in women. This condition tends to start during childhood or in early adulthood and persist throughout life.
Transit time is the amount of time it takes for a meal to go from the mouth to the rectum. A healthy transit time is less than 24 hours. Constipation is the result of poor digestive and bowel habits, which slow down the transit time, allowing waste material to sit longer in the intestines. Stool (waste products) builds up along the wall of the colon preventing healthy absorption of nutrients. Our stool is made up of our body's waste including undigested food, toxic waste from the liver and billions of bacteria. As the stool sits longer in the intestines a metabolic process continues. The intestines continue to absorb water, making the stool harder and fermenting the contents. This starts the waste to rot, creating toxic by-products which are then absorbed into the bloodstream. This absorption of toxins is a form of self-poisoning.
Serious diseases, including colon cancer, can sometimes first appear as bowel blockage leading to acute constipation. Therefore, particularly constipation of recent onset should be diagnosed by a pyysician. Dietary and other natural approaches should be used by people with constipation only when there is reason to believe no serious underlying conditions exist.
Next month we shall write about a "colon cleanse" which is entirely different than constipation. In fact, a regular colon cleanse can keep constipation at bay. Don't forget to check back!.
Constipation:
Constipation results when food moves too slowly through the gastrointestinal or GI tract. About 80 percent of people suffer from constipation at some time during their lives. Brief periods of constipation are normal. Constipation is usually diagnosed when bowel movements occur fewer than three times per week on an ongoing basis. Other signs of constipation occur when the stool is hard, dry or there is excessive straining. Sometimes it is painful to pass. Sometimes the patient does not feel complete after a bowel movement.
There is widespread belief that everyone should have a bowel movement at least once each day or even more than once per day if they want to experience good health. This ability depends greatly on what you eat, how much exercise you get, how much water you drink and if you are taking prescription drugs. Constipation can arise from lack of enough fiber and water, inadequate exercise, advanced age, muscle disorders and poor diet. Pre-menstrual and pregnant women can suffer from constipation also, but the most common cause is usually dietary. Constipation can also be a component of irritable bowel syndrome or can result from a wide range of causes such as drug side effects or physical immobility.
Many medications, including pain killers, antidepressants, tranquilizers, blood pressure medication, diuretics, iron supplements, calcium supplements, and aluminum containing antacids can cause or worsen constipation.
Constipation can sometimes have an unknown or idiopathic cause. Some people have a good diet, drink plenty of fluid or do not have a disorder, which can cause constipation, yet become constipated. Their bowels are said to be "under active". This is rather common especially in women. This condition tends to start during childhood or in early adulthood and persist throughout life.
Transit time is the amount of time it takes for a meal to go from the mouth to the rectum. A healthy transit time is less than 24 hours. Constipation is the result of poor digestive and bowel habits, which slow down the transit time, allowing waste material to sit longer in the intestines. Stool (waste products) builds up along the wall of the colon preventing healthy absorption of nutrients. Our stool is made up of our body's waste including undigested food, toxic waste from the liver and billions of bacteria. As the stool sits longer in the intestines a metabolic process continues. The intestines continue to absorb water, making the stool harder and fermenting the contents. This starts the waste to rot, creating toxic by-products which are then absorbed into the bloodstream. This absorption of toxins is a form of self-poisoning.
Serious diseases, including colon cancer, can sometimes first appear as bowel blockage leading to acute constipation. Therefore, particularly constipation of recent onset should be diagnosed by a pyysician. Dietary and other natural approaches should be used by people with constipation only when there is reason to believe no serious underlying conditions exist.
Next month we shall write about a "colon cleanse" which is entirely different than constipation. In fact, a regular colon cleanse can keep constipation at bay. Don't forget to check back!.
