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Can
you lose weight with colon hydrotherapy?
Colon
hydrotherapy is now a common phenomenon seen amongst health conscious
people, as well as athletes and bodybuilders. However, colon cleansing
is also being embraced by a new category of people who aspire
to achieve weight loss through this method. Though there is no
scientific proof to the claim that colon cleansing methods lead
to weight loss, experts do believe that a cleansed colon with
a well planned diet regime with high fiber content will help in
better absorption of vital nutrients and flushing out of toxins,
which could lead to a healthy weight loss eventually.
Colon
forms the longest part of the large intestine in the human body,
wherein essential electrolytes and water are absorbed, and the
remnant useless material like sludge and toxins is eliminated
in the form of feces. The colon contains good bacteria, which
helps in the absorption of the useful nutrients from the digested
food. However, poor eating habits, erratic lifestyle and habits
like smoking, alcohol consumption and usage of drugs and medications
take a toll on the colon in the form of accumulation and hardening
of useless sludge and toxins on its walls, as a response to
the bad foods, artificial sweeteners, harmful fats, laxatives,
preservatives etc. Though the buildup is the natural protection
for the colon from the ill-effects of the unhealthy foods, it
leads to unnatural swelling of the colon and poor absorption
of the essential nutrients, resulting in health complications
like liver problems, troubled breathing, back pain, sudden weight
gain, foggy thinking, sinus or allergy, memory loss etc. While
an average healthy colon should weigh up to only 2-3 lbs, a
swollen colon can weigh up to 10- 15 lbs, which can be another
reason behind the weight gain by most individuals.
There
are several colon cleansing methods available for an individual,
but colon hydrotherapy is considered to be the most effective
and safe method, wherein water is introduced via the rectum
to release the accumulated matter like the feces, mucus and
sludge from the bowels with the help of special massage techniques.
Colon hydrotherapy involves no medication or usage of laxatives,
and hence is not habit forming. One may experience mild side
effects like headache, urge to visit the washroom more often
etc., which might cease once he or she gets used to it.
An
important point to bear in mind is that while one may lose weight
with the colon hydrotherapy, it will be only due to the loss
of accumulated waste matter, and definitely not the fat tissues.
However, a healthy diet, fiber intake and regular exercise after
the colon hydrotherapy might yield effective results in the
form of weight loss.
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