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hydrotherapy, is a method used to remove waste and impacted fecal matter from the colon. The first modern colonic machine was invented about a hundred years ago. Today, colonics are performed by colonic hygienists or colon therapists.
    Colonics work somewhat like an enema but involve much more water and none of the odors or discomfort. While you lie on a table, a machine or gravity-driven pump slowly flushes up to 20 gallons of water through a tube inserted into the rectum. The therapist may use a variety of water pressures and temperatures. While the water is in the colon, he or she may massage the abdomen. Then the therapist flushes out the fluids and waste through another tube. The therapist may repeat the process. A session may last up to an hour.
    The average colon weighs about four pounds, but it is not unusual at all for colon cleansing to flush away as much as ten to twenty pounds of stagnant fecal matter. Your colon can hold a great deal of waste material that, when not eliminated, putrefies, adding to the toxic load of your body. Many people with “pot bellies” may actually have several pounds of old, hardened fecal matter lodged within their colons. The process may actually cause you to experience some immediate weight loss.
    It is a common misconception that doing a colonic will rid your body of all the good and bad bacteria. If you decide to do a colonic, it will rinse out good bacteria in your colon—but just temporarily. After you flush out everything, the good bacteria with the bad, you want to replace the good bacteria, the probiotics. Your body will replenish the good bacteria within twenty-four hours, unless you are extremely unhealthy or weak. However, you should always take a probiotic supplement after a colonic to replenish the good bacteria right away. A good colon therapist will always provide you with probiotics (good bacteria) at the end of your colonics session.
    If you choose to research colonics and decide to include them as part of your detoxification process, you probably want to go at least once a week for up to six weeks, particularly when you first begin aggressively detoxifying the body. That is because you are drawing out toxins in the body, and if they are not eliminated quickly, they can cause detox symptoms that become uncomfortable. One rule of thumb as to whether to do a colonic is determined by how frequent your bowel movements are. If your body is managing the toxins and waste well through normal daily bowel movements (one to two per day), then you probably don’t need to have a colonic. If your bowel movements are less frequent than once a day, it may be a good idea to do a colonic to get your bowels moving more frequently.
    There are no major drawbacks to a properly administered colonic by a trained colon hydrotherapist. You don’t need to be concerned about the safety of colonics as long as they’re done with a certified colon therapist on a good-quality machine.
    Check Your Poop to Evaluate Your Health
    Here is another simple way to evaluate your health. As an example, bowel movements (BMs) that are black or reddish indicate potential health problems. Thin BMs suggest that more fiber is needed in the diet or there is some type of imbalance in the digestive tract. If you have chronic constipation and your BMs are rock solid, this may be an indication that your liver is overworked. If you experience chronic constipation or difficult bowel movements for an extended period of time, you should seek medical advice.
    Your bowel movements will help you understand what’s going on with your body. Healthy bowel movements should:
Occur two to three times a day and definitely no less than once per day.
Should not have a strong, foul odor.
Should be medium brown in color, shaped like a banana, about the width of a sausage.
Should float, not sink right to the bottom of the toilet.
    Liver Cleansing
    The one secret to losing weight and keeping it off is to keep the liver healthy and