During the 19th century when Ilya Ilich Mechnikov, a Russian microbiologist, introduced the concept of “autointoxication”, he argued that when the colon is filled with hardened stool owing to constipation, poor diet or other gastrointestinal ailments, toxic waste can build up. This waste buildup often leads to stagnation and eventual decay of fecal matter in the colon. While the fecal matter is decaying inside the colon, hosts of bacteria and toxins are produced. When absorbed into the colon lining, these toxins will eventually find their way into the blood stream. This often causes a number of chronic illnesses.
In the early 1900′s, the autointoxication theory was embraced by Dr. John Harvey Kellogg.
Yes, the same Kellogg who invented Bran Flakes! Dr. Kellogg’s patients gratefully embraced his fitness and health regimens, in addition to colonic irrigation. In his article published in the Journal of the American Medical Association in 1917, entitled “Should the Colon Be Sacrificed or May It Be Reformed?,” Dr. Kellogg claimed to have prevented thousands of gastrointestinal surgeries owing to the effectiveness of colon therapy in his sanitarium.
This started the modern trend in colon therapy in the medical world. In fact, doctors started recommending colon therapy for different ailments such as heart disease, arthritis, depression and high blood pressure.
Colon therapy has not been not saved from skepticism and criticism from other doctors. Some doctors believe that there is absolutely no reason to cleanse the colon, except in cases of constipation and as a preparation for colonoscopy. Many doctors still believe that the best way to cleanse the colon is to let its own natural physiological methods to take place. Well, Doc, let me tell you, I have observed the opposite throughout my decades of administering colonics.
Modern physicians sometimes even say that waste products are not toxins, even though they stay inside the colon for long periods of time. Some conventional medical doctors still purport that colon therapy interferes with the body’s natural detoxification process, and that it outbalances the number of helpful microorganisms which keep the intestines functioning properly.
I will be the first to admit that some friendly bacteria gets washed away during a colonic session. However, the whole truth is that BILLIONS of unfriendly microorganisms also get washed away, hence creating an environment conducive to the proliferation of the “good guys.” Friendly bacteria need a natural, non-toxic environment in which to thrive. Colon therapy, cleansing the colon can assist in the growth of healthy gut flora.
Colon therapy continues to gain wide popularity nowadays, especially among alternative health practitioners who utilize detoxification programs as an essential part in their medical protocol .
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