A Colon Cleansing Detox – Your No. 1 Health Goal

by Sara Banta | Dec 30, 2020 | Articles, Detox & Cleanse

Regardless of the time of year, it can be a great time to RESET on your diet and exercise regimen. But, I want to encourage you to take it one step at a time. Let’s first “clean out” the toxins that are built up in our colons – this is where many toxins are reabsorbed and can wreak havoc on our immune system, and even our stress levels and emotions.

Physical detox runs parallel to emotional and mental detox. But the first step in a detox is the colon. You never want to start any type of detox if you aren’t having 2 to 3 bowel movements a day.

What Causes Constipation?

Microbes

You need 4-5 pounds of microbes in your digestive system to do 90 percent of the digestion to break food down. If you have been on antibiotics in your life, those microbes are compromised. For some people, if you have an overpopulation of the bad bacteria in the gut, too much fermentation from foods like sauerkraut and drinks like kombucha can actually make the problem worse. If you feel bloated when you take probiotics, it might be a sign that your microbiome is out of balance.

Bile

Bile is made by the liver and stored in the gallbladder, and is there to help digest fat. If you have a sluggish gallbladder, you may not be able to digest fat very easily.  If you get nauseated or constipated, experience a right shoulder pain, or become bloated after eating fat, you may be low in bile. You can use Beta TCP and Choline Inositol to aid in fat metabolism. If you are trying a Keto diet, you may need to add fat to your diet slowly. You can still be in the state of Ketosis regardless if you stick to a low carb diet and your body “snacks” on its own fat stores.

Stomach Acid

If you have indigestion or heartburn, you may not have enough stomach acid to break down the foods. This could be part of your constipation issue. As we age the stomach acid, or HCL decreases. In fact, Acid Reflux which becomes common as you age, is caused by too little stomach acid, not too much.

Fiber

This is food for your microbes. This is not needed for bowel movements.  You want to get your fiber from vegetables, not from grains. Grains can cause Leaky Gut, inflammation, and malabsorption of nutrients.

The Wrong Vegetables

To complicate things further, some vegetables can cause constipation, leaky gut, and bloat depending on your genetic makeup. If you find yourself bloated, gassy or constipated, you want to eliminate those vegetables from the diet. The most common groups of vegetables that can cause you issues are vegetables with sulfur, lectins, oxalates, and those in the nightshade family. All of them contain nutrients that are “healthy” for some people, but can be the cause of major health issues including constipation. An easy way to find out if you are sensitive to any of these groups is to try a carnivore diet for a few weeks, watch the inflammation disappear, and reintroduce one vegetable at a time. If you are sensitive to one vegetable in a group, you most likely are sensitive to the entirety of the group.

Lack of Exercise

Movement helps stimulate the bowels to move. As you move and increase blood flow, it stimulates the intestines to strengthen their “muscles” as well.

What Are the Side Effects of Constipation?

When you are constipated, your body actually absorbs the toxins in the intestines it is trying to get rid of. Eighty percent of disease is actually caused by toxic waste reabsorption. It can aggravate diverticulitis and inflammation in the intestines. Over time constipation can cause Irritable Bowel Syndrome or Irritable Bowel Disease and eventually colon cancer. It is important to have 2-3 bowel movements a day to continual excrete toxins.

How Do You Alleviate Constipation?

Eliminate the Wrong Vegetables

There are four main categories of vegetables to look at: Ones that contain sulfur, oxalates, lectins, and those in the nightshade family. Usually if you are sensitive to one in a category, then most of the others will be detrimental to your gut health as well.

Eliminate GMO foods and Amyloid Protein Sources Like Chicken & Conventional Beef

With conventionally produced meat, the proteins have become truncated and misfolded into structures known as amyloids, which may not be easily assimilated by the body. This change in structure of the proteins may have detrimental effects on the body’s ability to break down and absorb these proteins, which are essential to creating amino acids for the body to build enzymes, antibodies, and hormones. Amyloids, found in most chicken and conventional beef, are linked to chronic diseases including Type 1 diabetes, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and autoimmune disease. In order to avoid amyloids, focus on wild meats such as wild fish, deer, duck, bison, elk, wild boar and cornish game hen.

Adjust the Amount of Vegetables

If you are eating too many vegetables, you can become bloated, and it can burden your already over-stressed intestines to move too much fiber through. If you aren’t eating enough, you may need to increase the “food” or prebiotics for your gut bacteria.

Digestive Enzymes

These help breakdown food by providing digestive “fire” to the system.

Laxa Comfort

This helps to relieve gassiness associated with undigested food, while alleviating constipation. It generally induces bowel movements within 6-8 hours.

Intestinal Formula

This helps improve digestion and elimination, while strengthening the muscular movement of the colon. As it does so, it cleanses and detoxifies the body of accumulated waste. This does have garlic, so for those of you sensitive to sulfur containing foods, this will aggravate and inflame your intestines, and Laxa Comfort would be a better option.

MegaPre™

MegaPre™ is the first Precision Prebiotic™supplement made up of clinically tested, non-digestible oligosaccharides that can increase microbial diversity and selectively feed beneficial bacteria like Akkermansia muciniphila, Faecalibacterium prausnitzii, and Bifidobacteria.

MegaPre™ reinforces the beneficial microbial changes created by MegaSporeBiotic™ to promote a strong and diverse microbiome.*

MegaSporeBiotic™

MegaSporeBiotic™ is a probiotic blend of 5 Bacillus spores that have been shown to maintain a healthy gut barrier and immune function.

The bi-phasic life cycle of the Bacillus spores allows them to remain dormant in harsh environments until they reach more favorable environments like the human gastrointestinal tract.

Once inside the large intestine, these dormant spores can change into their active, vegetative forms and begin colonizing in the gut.

This unique probiotic blend aims to recondition the gut instead of reseeding with probiotic strains that cannot survive digestion or colonize the gut.

MegaSporeBiotic™ helps control the “bad” bacteria and grow the “good” bacteria.  It has been shown to help with E. Coli, Salmonella, H. Pylori and more.

MegaMucosa™

The mucosal system is a very important part of the human immune system. The mucosal system in the intestines contains 150 times more surface area than skin, which makes it an essential element of the immune system that supports healthy immune function.

MegaMucosa™ is the first complete mucosal support supplement of its kind, formulated to support a healthy mucosal barrier. MegaMucosa™also contains dairy-free immunoglobulins clinically shown to support a healthy immune system in the mucosa and a state-of-the-art flavobiotic shown to support microbial diversity and short-chain fatty acid production.*

MegaMucosa™ includes: Immunoglobulins:  ImmunoLin is a dairy-free immunoglobulin concentrate that supports healthy digestion, detoxification, and intestinal barrier function.

Amino Acids: There are four key amino acids that play an important role in the production of the intestinal mucosa: L-proline, L-serine, L-cysteine, and L-threonine. These four amino acids have been shown to support mucin production and maintain mucin synthesis in the colon, resulting in a thick and healthy mucosal barrier.

Citrus Polyphenols:  MicrobiomeX® is a citrus extract with naturally occurring polyphenols that support digestive health and healthy gut barrier function. A clinical study using 500mg of citrus fruit extract found a significant increase in short-chain fatty acid (SCFA) composition, suggesting that citrus polyphenols may help modulate the microbial composition in the gut.

Mega IgG2000.

Mega IgG2000 has been shown to reduce gut permeability and improve intestinal absorption. Additionally, serum derived immunoglobulins have a high binding affinity for a variety of endo and exotoxins secreted by microorganisms and mold.

 

Mega IgG2000 is a dairy-free immunoglobulin concentrate that supports healthy digestion, detoxification, and gut barrier function. Unlike other milk-derived immunoglobulins on the market, Mega IgG2000 is derived from bovine serum, making it lactose-free, casein-free, and β-lactoglobulin-free.

This unique alternative to bovine colostrum supports a healthy mucosal immune system by maintaining healthy gut barrier function.

 

Magnesium Breakthrough by biOptimizers

Magnesium is one of the most important minerals for all aspects of health. It participates in over 600 different biochemical reactions[1] in your body. Yet, over 80% of the population don’t get the minimum amounts of the types of magnesium they need from diet alone because US soil is lacks it. Magnesium deficiency can increase all disease risks and keep you from performing optimally.

Even people who supplement tend to take types that are poorly absorbed, or they only take two types of magnesium at most. Each type benefits different tissues and organ systems. If you’re only taking one or two forms, you’re most likely still deficient.

BiOptimizers Magnesium Breakthrough is the only supplement on the market that to offer the full spectrum of all seven types of magnesium specially formulated to reach every tissue in your body to provide maximum health benefits and reverses low levels which could be causing health issues.

RestorFlora

RestorFlora™ is a probiotic that combines three well-studied and widely used probiotic strains – Saccharomyces boulardii, Bacillus subtilis, and Bacillus clausii. This combination of clinically studied, friendly probiotic yeast and probiotic bacteria offers comprehensive digestive flora support with an advanced, dual-action approach to maintain a healthy intestinal environment.

Saccharomyces boulardii is well-studied and extensively used for its ability to support digestion and immune function. However, a product containing only S. boulardii has limitations with regards to other probiotic functions. RestorFlora™ represents a significant advancement that overcomes these limitations with the addition of Bacillus subtilis HU58™ and Bacillus clausii SC109. RestorFlora™ has the ability to effectively colonize the digestive tract in order to provide immune support.

Benefits of RestorFlora
  • Supports a balanced intestinal flora

     

  • Promotes intestinal health

     

  • Supports healthy bowel movement

     

  • Aids in digestion

     

  • Supports the body’s detoxification process

     

  • Supports healthy immune function

     

  • Maintains regularity

     

Accelerated Cellular Detox Powder®

These six organic ingredients, not only helps with regularity, but it soaks up poisons, including alcohol and toxic chemicals, supports digestive health, reduces bloat, improves kidney and liver function, helps lower cholesterol and reduces inflammation throughout the digestive tract. It now has Scalar frequencies embedded in the formula to further enhance the detoxification of insecticides and heavy metals.

Take Electrolytes

Potassium is needed to help the smooth muscles in the intestines function. Magnesium can also help with constipation by relaxing the muscles.

Accelerated Ancient Salt®

Not only does salt help with constipation, but Accelerated Ancient Salt® has all of the minerals and electrolytes to aid in mineral absorption and improve regularity. It is also charged with Scalar frequencies to help detox the body from toxins gently.

Fresh And Alive Oxy-Clear Digestive Cleanse Support

  • Support Digestive and detox support
    • Supports normal intestinal health, regularity, and bowel elimination

Oxy-Clear Digestive Cleanse Support provides digestive and detox support while helping proper bowel function. Oxy-Clear provides gentle natural bowel relief for those who struggle with constipation, or those on detoxification programs. After a Cheat Day, taking 4-6 Oxytocin’s Clear will clear out the Cheat foods from the system and help you feel great the next day.

Sara Banta
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Sara Banta is a Stanford University Graduate with a Degree in Economics and Psychology, and a certified Natural Supplement Expert & Graduate of the Institute for Integrative Nutrition. Sara is the Founder of Accelerated Health Products and host of the health & wellness podcast, Accelerated Health Radio.

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