How to Detox Your Colon

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Steps

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Change your diet. The first step in a comprehensive colon-cleansing regimen is a detox diet. It eliminates all foods that burden your colon and substitutes them with foods rich in fiber. Fiber-rich foods help scrub the colon. They include:

• Raw vegetables such as carrots, broccoli and cauliflower
  
• Raw fruits including mangoes, guava and most berries
  

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   Drink several glasses of filtered water each day to help flush the colon.
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   Use colon-cleansing supplements. These supplements are administered either orally or rectally and flush the colon of impurities. They often act quickly, and their effects can be debilitating. Colon-cleansing supplements include:
   • Laxatives
   • Enemas
   • Strong herbal teas
     
   • Powerful enzymes
   • Anti-parasite capsules
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   Irrigate your colon. Colon therapists perform irrigation procedures, or high colonics, at their offices each day. The procedure is somewhat uncomfortable and can take more than an hour. It usually follows a fairly predictable course.
   • The therapist gently inserts a tube in your rectum.
   • The tube is attached to a pump that forces water or some other liquid into your large intestine.
   • After your colon is saturated, the therapist removes the first tube and carefully inserts a new tube.
   • The therapist will massage your abdomen to expel the water and waste from your colon.
   • The therapist may repeat the process to fully cleanse the bowels. Subsequent procedures may involve water treated with probiotics, which help restore the colon with friendly bacteria.
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   Avoid a colon-cleansing program if you've recently had abdominal surgery, or suffer from any of the following conditions:
   • Tumors anywhere in the digestive system
   • Heart disease
   • Any kidney ailment
   • Crohn's disease
   • Internal or serious hemorrhoids
   • Diverticulitis
   • Ulcerative colitis