If you have been using herbal laxatives, colonics and enemas, there are a few nutritional and lifestyle choices you can make to stimulate your bowel regularity.
Increased water consumption. For your long term bowel regularity, simply drink more water! Our large intestine necessitates sufficient amounts of water to form and move waste through the system. Broadly speaking, most of us are chronically dehydrated, which is the central cause of constipation for most of us. If you do nothing else for improved regularity and colon health, you should drink more water.
Increased dietary fiber. Dietary fiber is the other primary nutritional component that affects regular bowel movements. How do you know if you need more fiber? Well, if one-half of your diet does not consist of fruits, vegetables and whole grains, you could use more fiber. If you increase your intake of fiber foods, and drink enough water, your colon will become more regular.
Increased exercise. The amount of physical activity you get does indeed have an impact on the regularity of the colon. The colon is one long muscle, and if we don’t exercise adequately, our colon has to do work additionally hard to generate adequate peristalsis (especially if there isn’t enough water and fiber in the bowel). Regular physical activity helps the muscles in the bowel and speeds up transit time of feces moving through the large intestine.
Bowel detox. An intermittent bowel cleanse is an excellent way to support your colon regularity. Comparable to a colonic irrigation, a colon cleanse will help the full elimination of excess waste matter from the colon walls.
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