Health Freedom in the United States ~ Threatened?

Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, who is a major supporter of the dietary supplement industry, recently and adamantly opposed legislation entitled the “Dietary Supplement Safety Act (S-3002) introduced by Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona. Hatch worried that the bill's passing would lead to a pre-market approval process for supplements which the government now considers a food -- not a drug. Such approval could increase costs for the dietary supplement makers, and limit their availability to the public, and essentially give the FDA full control over the nutritional supplement industry.

Pharmaceutical interests are obviously behind this latest effort to legislatively force more Americans towards expensive prescription drugs, and away from natural ways of preventing degenerative disease. Due to overwhelming opposition this bill is now dead, but concerns for the future of free access to dietary supplements still loom.

Health freedom in the U.S. continues to teeter on the edge of a cliff, as do other basic freedoms we take for granted. The fact that our government is pushing authoritarian regulation under the false pretense of protecting consumers is a travesty against a free people.

"Not at all attractive, to my way of thinking." ~Mary Poppins

Minimize the Discomfort of Excessive Gas

According to Dr Louis Estes in his book Raw Food and Health, “Cleansing the colon is the number one way to ensure bloodstream and cellular cleanliness. Remember that the colon is the central waste station of the body, the trash can for all our junk. Colon Hydrotherapy is like taking out the trash. Cleansing the colon empties any gas and waste that may be present and creates a now-empty five-foot long receptacle for the toxins of the body to pour into...Additionally, due to the process of gas diffusion, Colon Hydrotherapy lessens the gas pressure and enables our cells to continually purify.”

GAS in the pit is the pits!

Here is a list of recommendations to minimize this unhealthful and annoying plague:

• Cleanse and detoxify with colon hydrotherapy and enemas;
• Do detox cleanses geared to the intestines and the liver;
• Use Calcium Bentonite Clay for effective detox;
  
• Annihilate parasites!
• Minimize complex carbohydrate foods;
• Exercise and keep moving!
• Maintain stress-free lifestyle: good luck!
• Avoid environmental toxins;
• Combine food properly;
• Avoid "grazing" all day long, late night eating, overeating, and overlapping meals.
• Chew!
  

As Buckwheat Zydeco says, "Chew, Chew boogaloo!"

Vitamin D Prevents Bowel Cancer

A recent study published in the British Medical Journal found that high levels of vitamin D help to lower the risk of developing bowel cancer. The study, which was the largest of its kind, evaluated nearly 2,500 people with and without bowel cancer to see how vitamin D plays a role in preventing the disease.

Scientists from the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) in Lyon, France, and Imperial College London, compared 1,248 bowel cancer patients with 1,248 control group patients. Observers were able to make a clear connection between bowel cancer and low vitamin D levels, indicating that maintaining higher blood serum levels of vitamin D may help to prevent it.

Source: Telegraph.co.uk ~ Jan 22, 2010

Colonics for Colonoscopy Preparation

Colon Hydrotherapy is an effective preparation for the routine Colonoscopy procedure that the doctor prescribes every 5-10 years after the age of 50. A series of colonics effectively cleanses the bowel without the fuss and mess of the standard liquid drink prep.

Danbury Hospital offers colon hydrotherapy as an alternative method to cleanse the bowel in preparation for the colonoscopy screening procedure. Danbury Hospital is a teaching facility associated with numerous and prestigious medical schools, such as The Yale University School of Medicine and Columbia University Medical Center. Danbury Hospital is the only hospital in Connecticut to rank in the top five percent across the nation for overall clinical performance five years in a row: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009.

Rather than drinking the cramp producing "flushing" liquid, that makes you run in more ways than one, consider scheduling a series of colonics for your colonoscopy prep.


Link here to Oasis Colonics in Portland, Oregon for prices and info.

Colonoscopy on TV ~ Prevents Colon Cancer

On Wednesday morning, CBS' "The Early Show" host Harry Smith had his own colonoscopy televised live from the Jay Monahan Center for Gastrointestinal Health at New York-Presbyterian Hospital. As he put it, his goal was to “demythify” the procedure for the men and women who know they should get the test but are just too squeamish to make it a priority.

It’s been 10 years since Katie Couric had a colonoscopy on national TV. She has been advocating for these potentially life-saving cancer screening exams since her husband, Jay Monahan, died of colorectal cancer in 1998 at the age of 42. Couric’s televised procedure inspired thousands of Americans to get screened – researchers from the University of Michigan documented a 20% increase in the number of colonoscopies performed in the nine months following her broadcast.

Watch Harry's Colonoscopy on CBS News Video HERE

Colon Cleanse To Rid Heavy Metal Poisoning

Modern science has discovered that poisoning from aluminum, heavy-metals and hundreds of chemicals is rampant. It is becoming increasingly clear that we must incorporate lifestyle changes that involve regular cleansing rituals and a living foods diet.

Research reveals that environmental pollutants are a major cause of hormonal imbalances, cancer, thyroid problems, neurological disturbances, learning disabilities, memory loss, depression, food allergies and parasites.

There is tremendous value in colon cleansing and kidney/liver flushes. If we are going to do more than merely survive in our toxic world, we must become conscious consumers and gardeners who will reverse the poisoning, and start the healing of our troubled planet.

Enemas, Colonics "Closed" and "Open" ~ Difference?

The large intestine or "colon" ranges between 4 - 6 feet in length. An enema merely flushes out the lower end of the colon where the waste matter (feces) collects. The average enema uses only about two quarts of water, while a colonic hydrotherapy treatment uses 15 to 30 gallons of water to flush out the entire lower bowel. Warm, purified water is introduced at the rate of one cup to two quarts at a time according to the body's comfort and tolerance. The fecal matter is expelled . This action can soften and wash away impactions lining the colon or "lower bowel".
For a description of the differences between "Open" and "Closed" Colon Hydrotherapy systems click here.

The closed-system colonic equipment used at Oasis Colonics allows water to gently irrigate the colon in a slow, comfortable manner. During a colonic, the body's own natural peristalsis propels the waste material out by means of wave-like muscular contractions. The colon cleansing "machine" is NOT a type of internal vacuum cleaner or waste extractor, nor is it a pressure hose. It's function can be understood as a super technologically advanced "enema bag" that administers water into the colon while simultaneously monitoring temperature and pressure ensuring safety and efficacy.

CLICK HERE, and scroll down, to see a picture of the Colon Hydrotherapy equipment used at Oasis Colonics in Portland, Oregon.