Colon Cleanse System: how choose it?

You can restart a computer. You can turn your coffee maker on in the morning. Wouldn't it be great if you could flick a switch and turn your body back on again, for a fresh start and with better health?

A growing number of Americans do just that. Colon cleansing is an umbrella term for the various therapies and products that detoxify the body of harmful substances that accumulate in the colon and "leak" into the bloodstream. Among the cleanse systems to choose from: laxatives, dietary supplements and hydrotherapy, better known as the enema.

While the benefits of colon cleansing are extensive, your health comes first, and with the amount of laxative-based systems that can damage the body and do more harm than good, it's important to understand the colon cleanse process and know what to look for and what to avoid. Benefits of Colon Cleansing

While techniques vary, colon cleanse systems share a similar purpose. As you can probably guess, that purpose is to cleanse the colon and detoxify the body.

Done correctly, an effective colon cleanse offers a variety of benefits, both mental and physical. They include:

• elimination of harmful parasites and toxins
• healthy weight management
• reduction of food cravings
• less gas, constipation, diarrhea and bloating
• better skin condition
• mental focus and more energy

That's not an exhaustive list - colon cleansing has far-reaching benefits that can vary from person to person. But it provides a tantalizing glimpse of what's possible with a colon cleanse and answers the question that you can indeed "restart" the human body.

So what's the catch...?

Buyer Beware

Your health isn't something to take lightly. And unfortunately most, yes, most, colon cleanse systems are either harsh laxatives, fad diets, intrusive medical procedures and/or otherwise faulty products that aggravate the gastrointestinal system and can make health worse off than before.

Not to worry, it's not all doom and gloom. There are effective colon cleanse systems. Digestive Science Intensive Colon Cleanse is one of them. But first, let's review the various types of colon cleanse systems available to you. And what to avoid, and what to look for.

You should also know that the gastrointestinal system is a delicate creature that's prone to inflammation. What happens then? Toxic substances "leak" from the GI tract and enter the bloodstream. You suffer from poor nutrient absorption and your liver works overtime to compensate for the toxins that the colon doesn't eliminate. Constipation, indigestion, head aches, fatigue...

What to Avoid

An effective colon cleanse system should reduce such inflammation and gently nurture the colon with laxatives that don't anger the system. Unfortunately, this limits your choices, among which are:

• Laxatives - The default product for people looking for relief for constipation, laxatives can kill the probiotics - friendly bacteria that occur naturally in the gut - that eliminate harmful bacteria like salmonella. Laxatives can also cause dependence and further inflame the GI tract, making symptoms worse. The worst offenders? Stimulant laxatives. Avoid.
• Hydrotherapy - An intrusive and potentially dangerous way to find relief, hydrotherapy involves a therapist who inserts a plastic tube into your rectum, through which warm water empties the large intestine of contents. Hazards of this approach? Infections, heart failure, and in rare cases, death. Hydrotherapy is so controversial that the practice is banned in California. And it's disgusting.
• A Cleanse Diet - One of the more popular forms of colon cleansing, fad diets starve the body of essential vitamins and nutrients and come with a concerning list of side effects, from extreme weight loss to diarrhea. Such diets stress the body, upset the balance of microflora in your system and, frankly, put your health in jeopardy.

What to Look For

Now that we've established that most colon cleanse systems and products are potentially harmful, let's review another option. Natural colon cleansing is a gentle process, preferably over time, that detoxifies the body with natural ingredients and without harsh laxatives or probing anal tubes (thank you for that!).

Remember how we talked about the GI tract and that it's easily aggravated? A natural cleanse system should calm the delicate lining of the GI tract with vitamins and minerals that soothe inflammation. There are laxatives involved, but they're natural, like psyllium husk and magnesium, and they don't upset the balance of microflora in the gut.

Be aware that the toxins in your colon didn't develop over night. And any attempt to cleanse your system and detoxify the body should be gentle, and slow, at a week or longer. Detoxify the colon, purify the body. Breath deep. There's hope on the way.

This narrows your choices down considerably. In fact, we're down to one. The best colon cleanse system? Digestive Science Intensive Colon Cleanse. Also known as that 'restart' button for your body and mind.