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Wednesday, December 17, 2008

The Dangers of Colon Cleansers - Hidden Ingredients that Can Harm Your Health

As someone who has advocated colon cleansing for years and who has guided 1000s of people through their own colon cleansing process I was shocked to discover what I'm about to share with you here: the dangers of colon cleansers that are commonly available on the market.

One of the basic principles of colon cleansing is to stop consuming anything that might be toxic to your body. The idea is to improve your health, to feel better after you complete a cleanse. Of course, that's why most people choose to clean their colon.

And yet, would you believe that many colon cleansing products on the market contain ingredients that can make you sick?

In looking at the ingredient lists of over a little over 100 colon cleanse kits I discovered some things that anyone who wants to colon cleanse, and do it safely, needs to know.

Before I continue, you should know that these cleanse kits were not just the cheap ones from the local pharmacy. Yes, I included those. But I also looked at cleanses that cost as much as $199.

Here's a summary of what I found:

First, in total these colon cleanses contain:

18 ingredients with potential side effects, ranging from nausea to immune system disorders.

4 known allergy causing foods.

2 potent herbs used in potentially dangerous quantities.

Low quality herbs that may contain pesticides, herbicides, toxic heavy metals and GMOs.

Second, all of the following ingredients are in these cleanses:

Clay, sugar, chalk, shellac (made from insect eggs), alcohol, animal tissue, chemical drugs, chemical solvents, common sand, fish, milk, soybeans, wheat, wax, and believe it or not, traces of cyanide!

Third, some of these ingredients are also used in making:

Pet food, cat litter, putty, adhesives, diapers, plastics, blackboard chalk, shoe polish, surfboard wax, ammunition, explosives, and fire extinguishers.

If you are trying to clean your body with a colon cleanse, you don't want any of that stuff in your system.

So much for those cleanses claiming to be natural.

These are the specific ingredients found in cleanses that you should avoid:

Apple pectin

Bentonite clay

Calcium carbonate

Carnauba wax

Dicalcium phosphate

Food glaze

Fructose

Gelatin

High amalyse corn starch

Inolin

Magnesium stearate

Methylcellulose

Natural Flavors

Polyethylene glycol

Potassium carbonate

Silicon dioxide

Titanium dioxide

Xantham gum

Fish

Milk

Wheat

Soy

Also, avoid herbal cleanses have potentially unsafe ingredients including:

Cheaply grown herbs that contain herbicides, pesticides, heavy metals and fumigants

Irradiated herbs, since these have lost most of their medicinal qualities

Herbs powders from the entire plant instead of only the medicinal part.

High quantities of senna, a very potent herb which causes peristalsis (bowel motion)

In my opinion, the best ways to avoid the dangers of colon cleansers are to learn how to cleanse through diet and how to make your own homemade colon cleanses with ingredients that you can trust.

Mark Ament is an expert on colon cleansing and raw foods nutrition. He is the author of

"Homemade Colon Cleansing Made Easy" and 3 other books on natural health. Discover how to make your own safe homemade colon cleanse using Mark's proven colon cleanse recipes at: http://www.safecoloncleanse.com

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