Death Begins in the Colon

"You are not what you eat but what you do not eliminate!"

A healthy colon  is responsible for absorbing fluids, forming stools and eliminating stools. It is actually the last part of the digestive system in most vertebrates. The colon is basically responsible for extracting salt and water from solid waste before it is eliminated from the body. This however does not mean that the colon plays an important role in the absorption of food and nutrients. It does not! By the time food reaches the large intestine, most of the nutrients have been digested and absorbed.

This is an ultrasound image of a healthy colon.

The colon starts where the small intestine ends and extends to the anus. The bowel is the name given to the combination of the large and small intestine.

The Colon has a very delicate lining. The colon lining, if good and healthy performs the following functions.

• Protects nerve endings in the colon wall. This enables the receptor cells to perform faster and more effectively. And this further increases the reliability that the messages will be transferred correctly to and from the brain.

• It lubricates stool passage promoting stool transit.

• It also eases the movement of fluids in and out of the colon. Nutritional uptake of vitamins is optimized.

• It also promotes the growth of healthy intestinal bacteria. This bacteria further has many responsibilities, one of the most important ones being protection against infection and grooming the colon.

90% of all diseases in the body are credited to having origins in the colon!

Dr. Vanita Forsyth, a chiropractor and an authority on colon health explains what causes poor colon health:

"Let’s visualize the following scenario: You have a perfect bowel, you are on a perfect diet. Once in a while you ingest something that is harmful.

In order to protect itself, the body causes mucus to be formed in the colon before the harmful food or substance reached there."

(I wont offer any images of this, but if you want to really give yourself a reason to get your colon cleaned out, do some of your own research on colon mucus...)

"The substance reaches the colon 18 hours later. The mucus has been prepared by the body and is lining the colon so you won’t absorb the poison when it gets there, so it literally coats the poison. Then later it breaks down and will be discharged from the colon with no harmful effect. Well, you got away with it that time. Nature’s protective mechanism functioned properly. So you do it more often.

Four times today, you ingested mucus-forming foods. Most of which is also low in fiber. The mucus is secreted four times today to protect you against what you just ate and drank and smoked. So, you do this every day of your life. But every day you try to eat something raw, one apple or orange or salad, maybe this helps.

But 85% to 90% of everything you eat is going to cause mucus to be formed. The mucus lining in the bowel thickens."

"Nature’s protective mechanism, which was designed for occasional use only, is being forced to work continuously day after day, year after year, with no rest and no chance to eliminate the mucus which is being laid down faster than it can be eliminated. Layer piles upon layer, like the rings of a tree."

These are ultrasound images of how the colon can end up if not cared for properly.

Dr. Forsyth explained that this can become so severe that there is almost no opening left for the waste to pass through the colon at all.

"An autopsy of one person revealed a colon that was 9 inches in diameter that had a passage through it no larger than that of a pencil."

Another autopsy showed a stagnant colon that weighed 40 pounds. This accumulation can have the consistency of tire rubber. It’s hard and black.

More and more people are becoming aware of the importance of cleansing the colon. Many experts believe that the average person could be carrying up to 20 lbs. of accumulated waste matter in their colon.

Colon and bowel cleansers can be really harsh and harmful to the body however. When looking at taking the path of pursuing colon health, please seek out some good advise and be gentle and kind to your body.

Healthy bowel movements daily are essential to support colon and rectal health.

Good colon health is achieved through all of your daily choices says Dr Ken Kim. In his article, How to Promote Healthy Bowle Moevements, he offers some great advise on avoiding constipation and achieving overall health.

I hope this article was useful to you and I wish us all a healthy bowel xx

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http://www.enrichinglives.com/colon.htm
http://www.innovativebodysolutions.com.au/specialised.html
http://colonhealth.aussieblogs.com.au/
https://www.boundless.com/biology/digestive-systems/the-components-of-the-mammalian-digestive-system/water-absorption-in-the-large-intestine/
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http://www.123rf.com/photo_4683108_highlighted-colon.html

Thyroid Health: Symptoms, Diagnosis & Healing

Read on to learn what the butterfly-shaped thyroid gland does, how to figure out whether it’s on the fritz, and, if that’s the case, how to get your thyroid (and your well-being) back on track.
Kris Carr

Here are some dietry suggestion on how to counteract thyroid disease.

Changing gut bacteria through diet affects brain function, UCLA study shows

UCLA researchers now have the first evidence that bacteria ingested in food can affect brain function in humans. In an early proof-of-concept study of healthy women, they found that women who regularly consumed beneficial bacteria known as probiotics through yogurt showed altered brain function, both while in a resting state and in response to an emotion-recognition task.

Get the full story by Rachel Champeau here

Dr Michael Gregor sheds some of his own brand of light on the subject here. Watch his short film outlining the links between probiotics and mental health.

Vitamin C as a cure for Cancer, Heart Disease and Infection.

When a two-time Nobel Prize winner has something to say about vitamins, even the conventional medical establishment is compelled to listen.

Linus Pauling's claim, that he knew a cure for heart disease, cancer and infections, was greeted with ridicule. His remarkable health claims concerned the substance we know as vitamin C. Now, ten years after his death on 19th August 1994, his revolutionary ideas are finally on the way to vindication. Given his history, it should not surprise us if Pauling was right all along. He was, after all, the leading chemist of the last century and, arguably, the greatest ever American scientist. He remains the only person to have won two unshared Nobel Prizes, the first for Chemistry (1954) and the second for peace (1962). In addition to being one of the greatest scientists ever, he was a renowned humanitarian. 
Stone first introduced Pauling to vitamin C, and explained that it wasn't really a vitamin at all, but an essential substance we could no longer manufacture in our bodies. Most animals make their own vitamin C, in large amounts. In humans, the gene for this ability has mutated and no longer works properly. 
When Pauling looked into Stone's claims, he found that conventional medicine had long ignored evidence from respected physicians and scientists. This research suggested that high doses of vitamin C might be a cure for many illnesses, including cancer and heart disease. However, when he explained these findings in his wonderfully constructed books "Vitamin C and the Common Cold" and "How to Live Longer and Feel Better", the medical profession was incensed, implying that a mere chemist could not possibly understand the intricacies of medical science. 
“It is wise to carry some 500-mg tablets of ascorbic acid with you at all times. At the first sign that a cold is developing, the first feeling of scratchiness of the throat, or presence of mucus in the nose, or muscle pain or general malaise, begin the treatment by swallowing one or two 500-mg tablets. Continue the treatment for several hours by taking an additional tablet or two tablets per hour.” (p. 86)
When they examined the evidence, Hickey and Roberts found background evidence for Pauling's ideas from independent scientific and medical reports, covering half a century. The findings in these papers could neither be dismissed as placebo effects nor easily explained. The reports included remission of AIDS, cures for cancer, and the immediate recovery of children at the point of death from septic shock. The claims seemed so out of the ordinary that they were hard to believe. However, Hickey and Roberts could find no counter examples in the scientific or medical literature. 





Linus Pauling from his book Vitamin C and the Common Cold 


Get the full story on Pauling's findings from these SOURCES:
http://practicingmedicinewithoutalicense.com/protocol/excerpt_chp7.pdf
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/12154.php
http://tv.greenmedinfo.com/2-time-nobel-prize-winner-most-humans-are-dying-from-a-lack-of-this-vitamin/

Are You Really A Mental Patient? Check your Thyroid

Dummy autoimmune thyroid conditions such as postpartum thyroiditis are not fundamentally thyroid problems – they are manifestations of a dysfunctional immune system; one that is misrecognizing the body’s tissues as foreign. Many doctors don’t even screen for antibodies because their presence doesn’t change the intervention, which is typically a lifetime of varying dosages of synthetic T4.It’s The Immune System: Dummy autoimmune thyroid conditions such as postpartum thyroiditis are not fundamentally thyroid problems – they are manifestations of a dysfunctional immune system; one that is misrecognizing the body’s tissues as foreign. Many doctors don’t even screen for antibodies because their presence doesn’t change the intervention, which is typically a lifetime of varying dosages of synthetic T4.


The thyroid is responsible for producing T4, T3, T1, and T2 and cells are responsible for converting the storage form of hormone, T4, into its active form, T3. This is a process dependent on optimal cortisol and nutrient availability such as iron, iodine, zinc, selenium, B vitamins, C, and D.

Thyroid imbalance can cause anxiety, depression, cloudiness, weight gain, poor concentration in addition to cold and exercise intolerance, dry skin, and hair loss. 

In postpartum thyroiditis, this presentation is typically preceded by a period of hyperthyroidism where women can feel over-energized, suffer from insomnia, diarrhea, anxiety, and precipitous weight-loss – these are the women who “bounce back” quickly after the baby only to be peeling themselves off the ground 9 months later.

Whole Body Ills: Low thyroid function impacts the ability of cells to use energy (hence low body temp), metabolize cholesterol, and to properly use B vitamins for an important cellular process called methylation. Thyroid dysfunction can cause or be the result of other bodily imbalances.

Pregnancy/Postpartum: Reportedly, 10% of women develop postpartum thyroiditis. A number of interesting studies have implicated autoantibodies in the development of postpartum mental illness. Psychiatry has a well-established precedent for the use of active thyroid hormone, or T3, for the treatment of depression, so we have bidirectional reasons to consider appropriate screening in this population.

Here is the entire article, written by By Dr. Kelly Brogan MD, Holistic Psychiatrist

Winning the battle against Candida

Brazilian university researchers have confirmed that a common tree used traditionally as a healing agent has significant healing properties, including the ability to counteract Candida yeast infections.

Get the full story by natropath Case Adams here

Disclaimer: This article is not intended to provide medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Views expressed here do not necessarily reflect those of Sacred Space Learning Community or its staff.

Why We Crave Certain Foods Chart

Your body send signal about nutrients deficiency through food craving. 

Chart shared from Healthy Nutrition and Natural Health News 

And for a wider selection, here's another cravings chart. This one has chocolate on it :)