Does the colon have anything to do with body odor, pimples, rashes and ulcers?
A – Dr. Stephen Barrett, a retired psychiatrist who operates the Web site Quackwatch.org, says that skin is “not a detoxifying organ” — it excretes just water and salt. The liver removes toxins and the kidneys excrete them. That statement is FALSE. The skin excretes many toxins, sometimes in the forms of puss, pimples, rashes and ulcers to detox chemical contaminants absorbed by either the skin or the colon. If the skin just excreted “salt and water,” there would be no deodorant and perfume industry at all. When the colon is toxic, the permeable membrane in the colon makes the blood toxic. If the blood-cleansing liver is overloaded by the consequences of alcohol or highly refined sugars and hydrogenated fats — the Standard American Diet (SAD) — the lungs gas off with bad breath and the skin — the largest organ in the body — eliminates through the pores. Our body handles toxins by eliminating, neutralizing or transforming them. The liver transforms many toxic substances into harmle
