Oasis Colonics

When preparing for a series of colonics, I normally advise my clients to eat extra fiber supplements in order to soften and loosen built-up fecal material that has been accumulating, and sitting around in the bowel for sometimes a very long time. Psyllium husks is commonly used for this purpose.

Go slow, though, because psyllium can do such a remarkable job of mopping up old debris that the intestinal tract can become overwhelmed with all the waste that needs to exit! Psyllium expands 20+ times it’s weight while transiting through your bowel. Even just one rounded teaspoon everyday, for a week or so before your colonic, can go a long way to help maximize your results.

Psyllium whole husks:

• promote regularity and growth of healthy gut bacteria;
• help with occasional constipation;
• provide heart-healthy soluble fiber

Psyllium husks are an invaluable tool in colon cleansing. However, psyllium happens to be one of the most highly contaminated crops from pesticide residues and poor farming practices. I recommend using ONLY psyillium husks that are grown organically and USDA certified. This is the brand that is available for purchase at my colonic studio, as well as through the Oasis Colonics Online Store.

Fiber Harmony Organic Psyllium has the soluble and insoluble fiber that provides colon cleansing power without the poisons normally found in other psyllium products.

Fiber Harmony Organic Psyllium is:

• certified organic by a USDA-accredited certifying agent;
• available plain, as well as natural, tasty orange, chocolate and peach;
• every 12-ounce canister contains 48 servings

Soluble fiber that can propel food, sugars, cholesterol and fats cleanly through your digestive tract. Soluble fiber can, also, contribute beneficially to your heart health.

Insoluble fiber acts as a bulking agent to improve your digestive regularity, and to move food more quickly through your colon.

Nutritionally-minded Dr. Joseph Mercola likes it too!

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 .



Dr. Richard Schultz, formulator of a popular line of colon cleansing products and body detox protocol is quoted as saying, “Cleanse the colon, and over 90% of all diseases disappear.”

Can you imagine if no one picked up the garbage in your city for a month straight?

It would be putrid and full of disease, stench, bacteria, viruses, worms and parasites!

That’s what happens to the “inner city” in each of us when waste builds up in our lower bowel. After years of poor eating habits and less than thorough elimination, chronic constipation and/or bouts of diarrhea or loose stool places a great toll on the body. Often the bowel lining becomes irritated, and the peristalsis (muscular movement of waste) becomes ever less efficient as the years roll on.

Many experts now believe that the average American is carrying around 5 – 20 pounds of impacted fecal matter! As a colonic therapist, I observe this on a daily basis. It is not uncommon for us to watch 10 to 15 feet of black, tarry or ropey material find it’s way out of the body, and down the drain.

Excessive build-up of toxic waste in the colon is often experienced as:

• gas and bloating caused by an overgrowth of fermented bacteria, yeasts and parasites
  
• sluggish bowels due to sticky feces adhering to the colon wall, creating layers of tough, glue-like plaque material that is not easily evacuated by normal peristalsis
• constipation resulting from hard, dehydrated waste material
  
• diverticulitis caused by feces getting trapped in little pockets along the colon wall which can result in inflammation and/or infection
• inflamed and irritated bowel lining contributing to ulcerative colitis, Chrohn’s disease and cancer
  

The most common health complaints are related to functional disturbances of the digestive organs. Approximately 90% of all visits to hospital emergency rooms are associated with digestive issues.

How might colon hydrotherapy help?

• Colonics can have a solvent effect in the large intestine helping to soften and remove impacted fecal material.
• Colonics can hydrate the entire body. Absorbed water increases the volume of the blood, thereby promoting circulation which results in greater hydration to the cells. This, in turn, can dilute toxins and flush them out of the body through the kidneys and the skin, as well as the colon.
• Colonics can help to reshape distorted, distended and constricted areas of the bowel allowing the natural shape to return.
• Colonics can break down, and assist in the release of old, toxic material so that it can no longer harm the body, or inhibit healthy and thorough elimination.
• Colonics can aid in removing parasites, trapped gas and excessive cellular debris.
• Colonics can help improve muscle tone in the bowel. The build-up of toxic debris weakens the colon wall. The gentle inflow and outflow of purified water stimulates peristaltic activity, thereby exercising the colon muscles.
• Colonics can support the lymph system which furthers promotes the detox process.

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It’s hard to imagine life in the kitchen without blenders. But they really aren’t all that old. My own mother was already soon-to-be married when the blender was originally made available to American households. She and my father may have been among the first to receive the miracle appliance for a wedding gift.

Polish native, Stephen Poplawski invented the first blending appliance in 1922. Poplawski put spinning blades at the bottom of a container. This original electric blender was used specifically for making malts and milk shakes at soda fountains. In 1932, he received the first patent for a machine that would actually liquefy fruits and vegetables. Soon after, the blender became the “buzz” in America. As the appliance developed, other companies marketed their “new and improved” blending machines. Blenders were christened with names donned after financial backers and innovators, such as Fred Waring, John Oster, Louis Hamilton and Chester Beach. The Waring Blender, the Osterizer and Hamilton-Beach have stuck as familiar household words.

When television made its debut in 1949, Bill Barnard, son of Vita Mix founder, W.G. “Papa” Barnard, immediately recognized this new medium as the perfect way to demonstrate the new and improved heavy duty Vitamix blender to hundreds of homemakers at the same time. He booked a 30-minute time slot on WEWS-TV in Cleveland, and created the first-ever direct response commercial. This commercial, which ran for several years , and made the blender a household word. A copy of this early infomercial holds a special place in the Direct Marketing Association archives. Watch the entire infomercial. It really is hilarious!

If you’re like many health-conscious people, you pay a lot of attention to what you eat. But even the highest quality foods won’t necessarily help you build health if you don’t digest them well. Try to eat with a feeling of gratitude.  Conscious eating will enhance your body’s ability to assimilate nutrition: the vitamins, minerals, and life force of your food.

Gratitude is much more than a “feel good” emotion. Gratitude is a genuine soul-felt appreciation for being personally involved with life. The more gratitude we feel, the more optimism, relaxation, and overall happiness we experience. That’s because focusing on gratitude shifts our attention away from stress and worry and has us look at the bright side of things. Concentrating on things we are grateful for moves us beyond conflict and drama, where we can focus on what is most important to us. Gratitude is not about being loving and happy only when life is ideal. Gratitude is an awareness that while things may not always be perfect, Life is still filled with wonder and beauty.

Intensify gratitude by paying attention to the small everyday details of life. If you want to increase the enjoyment of your overall life, then enjoy the small details everywhere. Take a step out of the day-to-day noise, confusion, and stress, and deliberately do things that you love. Instead of blindly walking through your day, activate your senses as you feel the sun on your skin, smell the bright red roses, look deeply into the eyes of a kindred soul, and let your heart smile as children giggle past you on the street. Paying attention to the small details enables you to expand your awe of life. Focus on the activities that bring joy to your heart.

Before long, your life will become a beautiful expression of gratitude, and your digestion will enhance all aspects of your health, and maybe even your wealth!