CONSTIPATION
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When the bowels do not move with a regular frequency the entire system becomes backed up with the products of incomplete digestion which leads to an
ongoing state of acute and chronic intoxication just as an automobile with a severely obstructed exhaust system would be forced to absorb throughout the engine
the products of incomplete combustion decreasing the running efficiency of the engine by increasing its internal friction with the soot that was meant
to pass out of the exhaust system.

Constipation begins, as does all disease, with poor digestion. As was mentioned earlier, the products of incomplete digestion are coupled together to
reduce their osmotic effect on fluid retention and in being so coupled form high weight molecular weight toxic mucous molecules. When these enter the general
circulation they are deposited throughout the entire body and some of them enter the arterial blood flowing into the tissues of the colon where they come out of solution and are deposited on the surface of the muscle cells
constituting the contractile mechanism of the colon.

This coating of high molecular weight mucous molecules inhibits the contractile mechanism of the muscle cells throughout the entire wall of the colon and thus increases the internal resistance which the muscle cells have to
overcome in order to produce a contraction. As time goes on this sedimentary coating of the muscle cells increases to the point that the muscle cells are no longer
able to shorten/contract as they were able to prior to the commencement of this process because they are not able to fully overcome the resistance produced by the coating on their membranes.

This causes the muscular wall of the colon to dilate or expand. The more dilated the colon becomes, the greater the amount of material there must be in its hollow before a contraction can effectively propel some of its
contents to the out side. The situation is self-perpetuating and hence goes from bad to
worse unless and until one takes efforts to remedy the situation. In addition, as the colon dilates more and more, the surface area of its lining increases
which predisposes the colon to absorb the fecal contents contained in the colon. The time it takes the fecal matter to transit or pass through the colon is
directly proportional to its state of dilatation. When the colon is dilated, it takes more and more matter present before the colon can exert an effective
contraction to propel the fecal mass out of the body due to the increasing inefficiency of muscular contraction as the colon dilates.

If one is on a low residue diet, such as a diet high in animal protein, the time it takes before there is sufficient fecal mass for the colon to exert an
effective contraction increases which aggravates the state of intoxication even more than if one were on a high bulk, high residue diet of nonputrifactive foods. The chronic state of backup of waste materials throughout the
body which occurs when one is on a diet high in animal protein is called AUTOINTOXICATION because of the putrifactive processes which are always associated with
animal protein when it is kept in a warm dark place. (The best book on the subject of autointoxication is entitled Gastrointestinal Autointoxication by Coombe
and Fourier, 1914 Sorbonne Press.) Another aggravating factor is that putrifactive products are always acidic in nature and hence have a positive electrical
charge. The toxic waste which is carried to the goblet cells composing the colon toxin reservoir also are acidic in nature with a positive charge and since like charges repel, the toxic acidic waste in the colon's hollow
inhibits the discharge of the acidic toxic waste which is in the saturated goblet cells. If, on the other hand, one is on a high bulk, high residue vegetarian diet,
the contents of the colon will be alkaline in nature which will facilitate the discharge of toxic waste from the colon toxin reservoir.

Finally there comes a point in time where the transverse colon no longer has adequate support. Thus, the transverse colon starts to sag even when
there is nothing inside it. It does this because the weight of the tissues increases as the fixed toxins in the tissues of the colon increases. As the
toxic waste stored in the subcutaneous tissues of the lower abdomen (THE TISSUE BETWEEN THE SKIN AND THE ABDOMEN'S MUSCULAR WALL) increases, the lower abdomen
becomes more and more pendulous which decreases the support which the muscular wall of the lower abdomen is meant to provide to the colon. This further
aggravates the sagging or ptosis of the transverse colon. This sagging condition of the transverse colon reaches a point were it creates a back pressure (DUE
TO THE RESISTANCE THE SAGGING CREATES TO THE FLOW OF FECAL CONTENTS WITHIN THE HOLLOW OF THE COLON) which is exerted against the normally one way action of the
ileocecal valve between the small intestine and the colon. The valve itself becomes dilated and incompetent which forces the fecal contents of the colon to
backup into the terminal small intestine and this further aggravates the state of intoxication because the surface area over which fecal contents can be absorbed is markedly increased when this matter can back up into the
small intestine. This is what causes Crohn´s disease.

As the lower abdomen becomes more and more pendulous, the state of ptosis of the transverse colon likewise increases which forces the colon to dilate even more because of the back pressure. This sagging of the transverse
colon stretches its mesenteric attachment to the posterior wall of the abdomen and stretches the nerves, artery and vein that are carried in the mesentery to the
colon.

This state of chronic stretching of the contents of the mesentery creates an abnormal state in the nerves which feed out of the intervertebral spaces in
the lumbar spine to the colon thus interfering with the relay of information from the colon to the central nervous system and from the central nervous system to the colon.

Eventually this chronic state of sagging produces a state of distortion of the lumbar spine due to the pull exerted by the dilated pendulous colon on the structures in the mesentery which connect the colon to the spine. The
spinal distortion creates pressure on the nerves feeding out through the intervertebral spaces and compromises the function of the colon even more. Pressure on these nerves prevents information carried to and from the central
nervous system from being properly processed by interfering with the transmission of neural
impulses.

Information going to or coming from the central nervous system cannot possibly be processed or evaluated accurately when it is forced to go through an area
where the nerves are compressed. When the lumbar spine is thrown out of alignment by a distorted lower abdomen and its effect of inadequate support to the
contents of the lower abdomen, a compensatory distortion often is seen in the cervical area of the spine which takes place to produce balance in the spine.
One abnormality generates another. So, in many people who suffer from chronic neck pain, the actual source of the problem lies in a distorted anatomy in the lower abdomen.

The degree to which this complex situation can be reversed depends for the most part on the efforts which the individual is willing to expend to rectify
the situation. The more chronic the problem, the longer it takes to remedy the situation. The taking of laxitives to overcome a problem which is due essentially to severe anatomical distortion is like trying to increase
the power of your car engine by using high octane when the exhaust is partially obstructed.
It results in the production of increased heat within the engine and does nothing to relieve the obstruction. Laxatives exert a pressure in two directions, both to the outside of the body and to the inside of the
body, so while they may be of some help, they simultaneously increase the back pressure throughout the entire body through the wall of the colon on which their
action for the most part depends. Eventually they fail completely.

All of these anatomical changes have the additional effect, due to the increased transit time of fecal matter, of increasing water absorption from the
fecal mass as it passes through the length of the colon which results in the production of more and more dense hard fecal matter until some of it becomes so
hard that it can no longer move through the colon and starts to get deposited on the inner wall of the colon where its mass is the hardest. Eventually
this results in an encasement of fecal matter throughout large sections of the colon
with only a small hollow through which the adequately hydrated fecal mass can be propelled. Over a period of time this material becomes black and
extremely hard and impregnated with the products of putrefaction which is the basic cause of halitosis. If you are not of the opinion that halitosis is
better than no breath at all, there are methods of effectively remedying this situation.
If you wonder why people are as they are, the colon explains the entire situation. Freud, one of the Devils children, stated some truth when he said that
"Anatomy is destiny."

The only way to effectively remedy this chronic situation is to reverse the anatomical distortion which is responsible for the situation. One can immediately provide some type of external support to the lower abdomen
which will help to support the transverse colon and thus take the pull off the structures running in the mesentery from the colon to the posterior wall of the
lower abdomen as well as take some of the back pressure off the ileocecal valve and help prevent the reflux of colon materials into the small intestine.

Decreasing the mass of the toxic material stored in the subcutaneous tissues of the lower abdomen is most effectively achieved by colonic irrigation
which, depending on the temperature of the irrigation, can markedly increase the flow of blood throughout the entire colon. This is what is necessary if the
materials which came out of solution and were deposited on the muscular cells throughout the colon are to go back into solution and then leave the body through
one of its toxin reservoirs. That is to say that if one is to restore normal function to the colon, one must convert its fixed toxin mass to free toxins
which can then leave the body. Increasing the blood flow in an organ is the most effective way of converting its fixed toxin mass to free toxins and thus rejuvenating the organ.

The last factor that one must address in order to help restore normal function to the colon is diet. The diet which will produce the most rapid changes in
the malfunctioning colon is one that is alkaline in nature, low protein, and high bulk high residue of properly cooked foods as described earlier.
The diet which would benefit all is the macrobiotic food which will be discussed la**ter. Supplementation with vitamins, minerals, psyllium husks, and Bentonite
are additional adjutants, but the most cost effective way of restoring normal function is frequent use of colonic irrigation especially when one can build a
machine for around $150.00 which has both hot and cold water controls and temperature registering device so you always know what the water temperature is as it
enters the body. Thus, there is no need to purchase a machine that is made with stainless steel or chrome plated components costing a minimum of $4000.00
and going as high as $7-10,000.000.

The use of oxygen or ozone with these machines does not significantly increase the output of toxic waste from the body and so it is just another bells-and-whistle gimmick to get people who do not and are not capable of seeing what is and what is not essential to spend more money. Anyone who is seriously interested in taking charge of their own health must give serious consideration to
restoring normal function to the colon. Office visits for colonic irrigation with most insurance companies not reimbursing the patient quickly becomes very
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