Reason #3 To Cleanse for 2012: The Digestive Tract

Feeling stuffed? Bloated? Weighed down from Holiday fun?

Reason #3 to Cleanse for 2012: Digestive Tract
mucoid plaque eliminated during an intestinal cleanse.

Holiday habits including poor food combining, excess food and drink, and stress all contribute to poor digestion and accumulation of debris in the gut. The colon is known to hold up to 30 pounds of old matter. This mucoid plaque can be packed with fermented and undigested foods, parasites, yeast, harmful bacteria, drugs, heavy metals, and other toxic substances. Mucoid plaque is a gel-like, viscous and slimy mucous that forms layers covering the inner lining of the digestive tract. Layers of mucoid plaque, often many inches thick, stretch the entire length of the stomach to the small intestines to the bowel. Plaque harbors toxins and interferes with nutrient absorption. This mucoid plaque accumulation interferes with normal elimination and nutrient assimilation and can create a cycle of craving for non-nutritious foods creates a myriad of other problems including poor skin, bad breath, chronic gas, fatigue, allergies, acid indigestion, chronic inflammation, and even autoimmunity.

Hence, we arrive at Reason #3 to Cleanse: The Digestive Tract

Join The Herbalist for a 10-Day Cleanse beginning January 2nd!

During a cleanse, foods that are inflammatory (mucous-forming) are eliminated - including wheat, gluten, dairy, corn, soy, and red meat.   Non-inflammatory, organic, cleansing foods that are easy to digest are eaten, with a strong emphasis on colorful fruits and vegetables. Intestinal cleansers, including cleansing herbs and bulking fibers, eliminate mucus and debris in the gut. Gentle laxatives ensure complete cleansing through the bowels. We recommend taking enemas or having a colonic done as an adjunct to the cleanse - this helps to rehydrate the bowel and remove toxic residual matter in the gut.


Following a cleanse, it is common for people's digestive and eliminitave health to feel transformed. Many notice more regular and well-formed bowel movements, and a decrease or disappearance of indigestion, gas, heartburn and other signs of digestive distress. Digestion affects and shapes the health of the entire body - Give your digestive tract a Fresh Start for 2012!


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