How to Choose a Colon Cleanse System

You can restart a computer. You can turn your coffee maker on in the morning. Wouldn't it

be great if you could flick a switch and turn your body back on again, for a fresh start and

with better health?

A growing number of Americans do just that. Colon cleansing is an

umbrella term for the various therapies and products that detoxify the body of harmful

substances that accumulate in the colon and "leak" into the bloodstream. Among the cleanse

systems to choose from: laxatives, dietary supplements and hydrotherapy, better known as the

enema.

While the benefits of colon cleansing are extensive, your health comes first, and with the

amount of laxative-based systems that can damage the body and do more harm than good, it's

important to understand the colon cleanse process and know what to look for and what to

avoid.

Benefits of Colon Cleansing

While techniques vary, colon cleanse systems share a similar purpose. As you can probably

guess, that purpose is to cleanse the colon and detoxify the body.

Done correctly, an effective colon cleanse offers a variety of benefits, both mental and

physical. They include:

• elimination of harmful parasites and toxins

healthy weight management

reduction of food cravings

less gas, constipation, diarrhea and bloating

better skin condition

mental focus and more energy

That's not an exhaustive list - colon cleansing has far-reaching benefits that can vary

from person to person. But it provides a tantalizing glimpse of what's possible with a colon

cleanse and answers the question that you can indeed "restart" the human body.

So what's the catch...?

Buyer Beware

Your health isn't something to take lightly. And unfortunately most, yes, most, colon

cleanse systems are either harsh laxatives, fad diets, intrusive medical procedures and/or

otherwise faulty products that aggravate the gastrointestinal system and can make health

worse off than before.

Not to worry, it's not all doom and gloom. There are effective colon cleanse systems.

Digestive Science Intensive Colon Cleanse is one of them. But first, let's

review the various types of colon cleanse systems available to you. And what to avoid, and

what to look for.

You should also know that the gastrointestinal system is a delicate creature that's prone

to inflammation. What happens then? Toxic substances "leak" from the GI tract and enter the

bloodstream. You suffer from poor nutrient absorption and your liver works overtime to

compensate for the toxins that the colon doesn't eliminate. Constipation, indigestion, head

aches, fatigue...

What to Avoid

An effective colon cleanse system should reduce such inflammation and gently nurture the

colon with laxatives that don't anger the system. Unfortunately, this limits your choices,

among which are:

Laxatives - The default product for people looking for relief for

constipation, laxatives can kill the probiotics - friendly bacteria that occur naturally in

the gut - that eliminate harmful bacteria like salmonella. Laxatives can also cause

dependence and further inflame the GI tract, making symptoms worse. The worst offenders?

Stimulant laxatives. Avoid.

Hydrotherapy - An intrusive and potentially dangerous way to find relief,

hydrotherapy involves a therapist who inserts a plastic tube into your rectum, through which

warm water empties the large intestine of contents. Hazards of this approach? Infections,

heart failure, and in rare cases, death. Hydrotherapy is so controversial that the practice

is banned in California. And it's disgusting.

A Cleanse Diet - One of the more popular forms of colon cleansing, fad

diets starve the body of essential vitamins and nutrients and come with a concerning list of

side effects, from extreme weight loss to diarrhea. Such diets stress the body, upset the

balance of microflora in your system and, frankly, put your health in jeopardy.

What to Look For

Now that we've established that most colon cleanse systems and products are potentially

harmful, let's review another option. Natural colon cleansing is a gentle

process, preferably over time, that detoxifies the body with natural ingredients and without

harsh laxatives or probing anal tubes (thank you for that!).

Remember how we talked about the GI tract and that it's easily aggravated? A natural

cleanse system should calm the delicate lining of the GI tract with vitamins and minerals

that soothe inflammation. There are laxatives involved, but they're natural, like psyllium

husk and magnesium, and they don't upset the balance of microflora in the gut.

Be aware that the toxins in your colon didn't develop over night. And any attempt to

cleanse your system and detoxify the body should be gentle, and slow, at a week or longer.

Detoxify the colon, purify the body. Breath deep. There's hope on the way.

This narrows your choices down considerably. In fact, we're down to one. The best colon

cleanse system? Digestive Science Intensive Colon Cleanse. Also known as that 'restart'

button for your body and mind.