What is a healthy colon?
Your colon (also known as your large intestine) is about 5 feet long and functions like a powerful storage and waste disposal site in your body. Involuntary muscle contractions push digested material through your colon. It also stores waste until it’s time to excrete it and absorbs any leftover nutrients (like water, electrolytes, and vitamins) from digested foods and sends them back into your body’s system to be used. A healthy diet full of fiber and probiotics (good bacteria and yeast), plenty of rest and water, and regular exercise keeps your colon healthy. But the Standard American Diet that lacks fermented foods, lack of exercise and inadequate amounts of water and fiber mean that most people do not have healthy colons and proper elimination. This causes a buildup of waste material on your intestinal walls that creates an environment where toxic pathogens can thrive, leading to illness and disease. If you want to improve the overall health of your body, then you must start by impr
