Remedies for a Sluggish Colon
Regarding contipation, if you’ve been using herbal laxatives, colonics and enemas, there are a few lifestyle choices you can integrate to promote your bowel regularity.
Increased water consumption. For long term bowel regularity, you must drink more water! Your bowel needs ample water in order to form and propel waste through the long bowel. Overall, we are chronically dehydrated, which is the underlying cause of constipation for most people. If you do nothing else for the wellness of your colon, you should drink more water.
Dietary fiber. Dietary fiber is the other primary nutritional constituent that impacts regular bowel health. Do you need more fiber? Well, if about half of your diet does not consist of fruits, vegetables and whole grains, you could use more fiber. I promise you, if you were to increase your intake of each of these, and drink plenty of water, your colon will move more regularly.
More exercise. The amount and quality of physical activity we get does indeed have an ample affect on the correct function of the bowel. The colon is one long muscle, and if we don’t get adequate exercise, it has to do a lot more work to bring forth adequate peristalsis (especially if there isn’t adequate water and fiber in the large intestine). Frequent physical activity assists the muscles in the colon and accelerates transit time of wastes moving through the large intestine.
Colon cleansing. An occasional bowel cleanse is an excellent means for supporting colon regularity. Similar to a colonic irrigation, a colon cleanse assists the evacuation of excess waste product from your colon walls. Study how to detox your large intestine.
