Today's email is going to talk about a real pain in the
butt.
No, I'm not talking about your co-worker or your mother-in-
law or the dog next door that barks at 2am.
I'm talking about constipation.
More than 4 million Americans have frequent or regular
constipation and we spend $725 million a year on laxatives.
Holy (expletive)!
The medical community defines constipation as having a
bowel movement three times per week or less.
That may be the technical definition, but let's use some
common sense here--there's definitely something "off" when
food is being taken in every day, at least 3 times a day,
but things aren't coming "out" every day.
What that means is wastes are piling up and hardening in
the colon, causing pain, making you toxic, adding pounds,
making constipation even worse and turning you into a
breeding ground for diverticulosis.
And the biggest pain in the butt isn't how many bowel
movements you have per week--it's how hard each one is to
"carry out."
You can sit on the toilet and have time to read a novel
and get nothing but frustrated.
You can almost turn yourself inside out from all the
straining, and aggravate hemorrhoids.
Then there's the pain, the feeling like you have a rock in
your gut, and the bloating.
Understandably, people need relief so they do what they
think is best (or what their doctors tell them to)--they
reach for the Ex-lax, Metamucil, Senokot, Milk of Magnesia,
Dulcolax or the laxative of their choice.
But long term use of laxatives can result in your body
becoming dependent on them to even have a bowel movement at
all.
They can also cause damage to the colon muscles, rectal
bleeding, they can deplete the body of water, vitamins,
and minerals and cause kidney stones and kidney failure.
There is a far better, easier way to keep things moving
along smoothly.
You see, by far the biggest cause of constipation is the
food you eat. Is this still a secret?
The typical American diet of high-acid food, processed
food and bad combinations of foods result in digestive hell
in the stomach and poorly digested meals. This leads to
wastes that are loaded with acid and toxins that become
rock hard.
Rock hard doody that doesn't move through the colon like
it should--it's dry, moves slowly and eventually gets stuck.
And YOU get stuck on the toilet for hours trying to go.
But when you eat mainly foods that naturally have a high
water and fiber content, and combine your foods in the way
that the body can best digest them, things move along
through the colon very easily, and constipation becomes a
thing of the past. Done. Over. No more.
Plus eating this way helps clean out the old built-up
stuff in your colon too, which will reduce bloating, gas
and even help you lose pounds!
Great Taste No Pain is your ticket to a constipation-free
way of living. Lots of delicious alkaline foods in perfect
combinations. Easy to read guides that spell everything
out and keep you on the right track, even when you dine
out.
When you feed the body the way it's supposed to be fed,
regular, easy bowel movements come naturally.
And constipation is only a distant memory.
No stress and straining. No hemorrhoids. No laxatives
necessary. No time to read a book.
