healingways
Colon Hydrotherapy
Fosters a Clean Bill of Health
by lee walker
Our culture so values beauty and
cleanliness that millions of us spend
hundreds of dollars a year on personal
services and body care products. We
regularly clean, soften and beautify
every inch of our exterior, from hair to
toenails. But how clean are we on the
inside?
T
oday’s onslaught of known toxins in our environment the large intestine through a gentle infusion of purified water
continually bombards us with chemicals that can at a safely-controlled temperature, with gentle, continuous
alter the way our body works,” says Brenda Watson, a pressure, is not alone. Like Watson, Dr. Linda Berry, a chiro-
certified nutritional consultant and author of Detox Strategy: practor, certified clinical nutritionist and author of Internal
Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps. “This not only affects natu- Cleansing, indicates the viability of colonic irrigation.
ral processes, it also affects the body’s capacity to heal and “Colonics remove the waste from the body and can be
maintain vibrancy.” optimized with an herbal cleanse and high-fiber diet that
Watson suggests that we adopt an increasingly refined may aid in the cellular relief of toxins,” says Berry. She sees
mindset about being responsible for our health. She likes a juice fasting as another complement. “The problem with en-
program that keeps internal body systems, such as our colon, emas,” Berry points out, “is that they are short-term and can
liver and other organs, clean and maintained using herbal cause the walls of the anal area, as well as the section of the
cleanses, colon hydrotherapy and a high-fiber diet that packs large intestine known as the sigmoid colon, to stretch.”
a punch with good nutrition. “For centuries, every culture Both agree that one of the reasons an individual feels
around the world has been using some form of colon cleans- better after a colonic irrigation is because the protocol hy-
ing for health,” observes Watson. drates the intestinal walls, and people typically fall short of
This proponent of colon hydrotherapy, which detoxifies their daily requirements for drinking water.

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