I’ve heard that I shouldn’t get colon hydrotherapy because it upsets the electrolyte balance. What’s that all about?
A Electrolytes are the minerals in the body (mainly sodium and potassium salts) that maintain the proper electrical charge and pH balance (acid and alkaline balance) in the various organs and tissues of the body. Each one of these tissues, organs and body cavities has a certain proportion and balance of minerals to maintain the necessary pH balance. For example, the stomach should maintain an acid pH and the duodenum (first part of the small intestine) should be alkaline in order for proper digestion to occur. If this balance is disrupted, then digestion will be impaired. The pH electrical balance in the colon is very near neutral, ideally being slightly acid. A strong acid or alkaline environment is not necessary because digestion does not take place in the colon. Rather, a major function of the colon is to re-absorb the fluid from the unformed stool that is passed into it from the small intestine. After the fluid is re-absorbed and stool is formed, the colon moves the stool into the
