"DEATH BEGINS IN THE COLON"

The British Medical Association States, by Sir Jason Winters

I was privileged to be the first westerner invited to speak on health in China. Everyone wanted to know more about the colon. True, millions were purifying their blood with herbs on a daily basis, but many had read my book "The Perfect Cleanse" where it says that death begins in the colon and had become aware of the importance of a clean colon.

Does death really begin in the colon? Recently, the subject of alimentary toxemia was discussed in London before the Royal Society of Medicine, by fifty-seven eminent surgeons, physicians and specialist in the various branches of medicine. These authorities issued the statement that "almost every chronic disease known is directly or indirectly due to the influence of bacterial poisons absorbed from the intestines." Among the diseases and symptoms named as being at least partly if not totally due to alimentary toxemia are: duodenal ulcer, cancer of the stomach and liver, gastric ulcer, colitis, acute and chronic adhesions, appendicitis, distended abdomen, wasting and weakening of the heart muscles, high blood pressure, fatty degeneration of the heart, headaches of various types, acute neuralgia, mental and physical depression, insomnia, degenerative changes in the eye, eczema, dermatitis, degeneration of the muscles, infection of the bladder, and many others.

When I was researching for my book "The Perfect Cleanse", I spoke with Dr. Vanita Forsyth, a chiropractor and an authority on colon health. Dr. Forsyth explained to me exactly what causes poor colon health: "Let's visualize the following scenario: You have a perfect bowel, you are on a perfect diet. Once in awhile you ingest something that is harmful. In order to protect itself, the body causes mucous to be formed in the colon long before the harmful food or substance reaches there. The substance reaches the colon 18 hours later. The mucous 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' protective mechanism functioned properly, so you do it more often.

"Four times today, you ingested mucous forming foods. Most of which is also low in fiber. The mucous is secreted four times today to protect you against what you just ate, drank or 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 mucous to be formed. THE MUCOUS 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 chance to eliminate the mucous which is being laid down faster than it can be eliminated. Layer piles up upon layer, like the rings of a tree."

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 a pencil! 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 cleaning the colon. I have been very disenchanted with the great surge of colon cleansers on the American market over the last few years. Some are downright useless.

It has been said that traces of our very first meal on earth can still be found in our colon! While that may be an exaggeration, I do know that rotting food and decaying fecal matter can be found in the colon that is at least five years old. It lodges in the accumulated mucous and just rots. Wrong diet, stress and constipation just make matters worse. When we turn our sewage systems into a cesspool, its no wonder we don't feel well.

As far as I'm concerned the first thing any doctor or practitioner should ask a patient is "how regular are you?" Too many of them say a bowel movement once every two days is alright. Well, it is not.

A normal bowel movement should be two inches across and two feet long. You say that this is not possible, that this has never happened to you? Then I invite you to see for yourself. It is a very satisfying feeling to know that at last you are doing something perfectly natural and harmless, that is getting you on the road to good health. But most satisfying of all is using a product where you can see almost immediate results.

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