Is Colon Hydrotherapy right for you?

My colon hydrotherapy Experience.   

Its times I felt bloated and wasn’t using the restroom regularly. I just couldn’t understand why? Maybe I wasn’t eating properly, maybe I wasn’t getting enough fiber, maybe my food wasn’t breaking down properly. I just didn’t know what to do so I started researching colon hydrotherapy. Colon hydrotherapy also known as colonics or colon cleanse are loved by some people but hated by others.

After researching the pros and cons of colonics I decided to just go for it. I found a place with great reviews and I scheduled my appointment.

The pros of getting your colon cleanse are the reason I decided to try it are:

1. MAKES THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM MORE EFFECTIVE

As the colon is cleansed, it pushes waste through your system, clearing the way for good nutrient absorption. A clean colon from a colon detox allows waste to pass easily.

2. MAINTAINS REGULARITY AND PREVENTS CONSTIPATION

Constipation — especially when it's chronic — causes a sluggish digestive response, which in turn leaves waste in the system longer. This increases the likelihood of certain conditions and irritations, such as hemorrhoids and varicose veins.

3. INCREASES ENERGY

Releasing the toxins from your body is rejuvenating because it refocuses the energy usually used for forcing waste through your intestines to other parts of your body. People who have undergone colon detoxification say they have better blood circulation, more restful sleep, and a boost in energy.

4. INCREASES THE BODY'S ABSORPTION OF VITAMINS AND NUTRIENTS

A colon that's been cleansed allows only water, vitamins and nutrients to be absorbed into the bloodstream, creating an unobstructed path for essential nutrients to filter into your body.

5. IMPROVES CONCENTRATION

Poor diet and ineffective vitamin absorption can cause you to become distracted and lose your concentration. The buildup of mucous and toxins in your colon can keep your body from getting what it needs to function, even if you eat a consistently healthy diet. Cleansing the colon with a detox diet can be the difference between feeling alert and not being able to focus. This has far-reaching ramifications for work, your relationships, and your overall health.

6. KICK-STARTS WEIGHT LOSS

Foods lacking in fiber move through the digestive tract at one-quarter the pace of high-fiber choices. This slow-moving food produces excess mucous that literally sticks to the intestinal walls, weighing the intestinal tract down with pounds of decaying fecal matter. Colon cleansing has the potential to aid weight loss; some people claim to have lost up to 20 pounds over the course of a month. The average human colon weighs about four pounds empty and can hold up to eight meals' worth of food before digestion finally occurs. A colon cleansing can result in significant weight loss and kick-start your metabolism, as well as refocus your attention on better food choices and whole-body wellness.

7. DECREASES RISK OF COLON CANCER

All the toxins that you eat, drink, breathe, and absorb through your skin end up processed by your gastrointestinal system, kidneys, and liver. If they're not forced from your organs as quickly as possible, they can wreak havoc on your body's systems. By releasing stagnant body waste, you reduce the causes and the risk of polyps, cysts and cancerous growths in your colon and gastrointestinal tract.

8. INCREASES FERTILITY

Colon cleansing, as well as increased fiber intake and healthy food choices, improves regularity and helps keep your weight under control. Fat is estrogen-based, and if too much is present, becoming pregnant becomes more difficult. A colon that is weighed down by years of buildup can also press on the uterus and surrounding reproductive organs in women, causing strain. Colon cleansing rids the body of many chemicals and toxins that affect the egg and sperm. 

9. MAINTAINS PH BALANCE IN THE BLOODSTREAM

Foods that cause colon blockages are acid-forming — particularly high-protein diets without enough fiber. This leads to general malaise in the body. The colon's tissue eventually becomes inflamed, reducing its ability to do its job, which is to allow only water, minerals and vitamins to pass into the bloodstream. If yeasts, molds, fungus, bacteria, parasites or fecal material enter the bloodstream and connected tissue, the body's pH will be thrown out of balance.

10. IMPROVES WHOLE-BODY WELL-BEING

Benefit resource https://www.gaiam.com/blogs/discover/10-benefits-of-colon-cleansing

Although there are some great benefits to getting your colon cleanse via colon hydrotherapy there are some scary risk which almost made me second guess my decision and those risk are:

Dehydration

While some of the weight loss associated with colon cleansing is due to the removal of waste, it also causes the removal of fluids. Dehydration can lead to kidney failure in extreme cases.

Electrolyte imbalance

Colon cleanses can upset the balance of electrolytes like potassium and sodium in your body. These chemicals carry electrical signals across cells, and an imbalance can lead to a loss of consciousness as well as kidney damage.

Bacterial imbalance and infection

Colon cleanses can potentially invite unhealthy bacteria into the lower digestive system with the instruments and fluids used. They also remove the healthy bacteria that can fight that infection.

Bowel perforation

Bowel perforation happens when a tear occurs in the wall of the lower intestine. It’s considered a medical emergency. Though symptoms begin with fever, pain, chills, and nausea, it can progress and even be fatal.

Risk resource https://www.healthline.com/health/digestive-health/pros-cons-colon-cleanse#risks

When you look at these risks, it literally makes you say oh hell nahh!!!!!!!!!!!!!! No colon hydrotherapy for me, I know you’re thinking that because I was.

I decided to follow the benefits and not focus on the risk and I'm happy I did. The process was easy and comfortable so I thought, lol. If laying on a bed and having a tube going up your rectum is considered comfortable than It was extremely comfortable, lol.

As my stomach filled up with water, my 1^st instinct was to push, you don’t have to push but I decided to push. As I was pushing I could feel all of the toxins and feces coming out of me. The water helps pushes everything out.

I must admit when the water fills up your stomach, it’s a little uncomfortable and can cause slight cramps which is why pushing worked for me. I decided to select the 45min colon hydrotherapy because one hour would’ve been a little to long.

It felt good to know the toxins were leaving my colon because normal bowel movements were something that didn’t occur often for me.

After the colonic was over I literally felt “10lbs lighter” in my John Whiterspoon voice from the movie “Friday. I felt like I had to use the restroom so I ran to the restroom and soon as I sat on the toilet a bowel movement begun.

I did measure my waistline prior to the colonic and my waistline did in fact go down a ½ inch which made me very excited. In all it was a great experience and I felt so much cleaner afterward.

Your Colon is approx. 5ft long so one colon cleanse isn’t breaking the surface of removing all of the toxins or feces from your colon. Its recommended you have at least 6 colon cleanse sessions to clean the entire colon. The sessions can be as far in between as you want but it was recommended to me at least 2 weeks apart no longer than a month; but again, it’s up to you.

Overall my colon cleanse experience was a good one. I did it due to not using the restroom regularly and wanting to lose some inches off my waistline.

I always say, do what works for you and your body. Some people prefer natural detoxes, some people prefer natural colon cleanse and some people prefer to do nothing.  What do you prefer?