Now if you are fed up with the run around your doctor gives you or the alternative health forums about why you cant cure your IBS or constipation.

Perhaps you are at the point that you have accepted that your body is just the way it is. Well there’s some good news, there are actually answers, not the ones that are 30 second cures but ones that actually works; but first some BODY 101 education.

If you’ve ventured into the alternative forums or studied (TCM) traditional chinese medicine, you probably know that bitter foods stimulate the liver which in turn stimulate the colon. One strong substance is Cascara Sangrada, a very bitter tree bark usually taken in pill form. This really does get the colon moving, unfortunately it also weakens the body and soon enough you wont have a regular bowel movement without it!

Now bitter is the same as alkaline for al intensive purposes. Most green plants are alkaline as well and should be part of your diet, if they aren’t well, dont read further until you make a shopping list =)

The bile secreted by a normally functioning healthy liver is also highly alkaline (very much so), this will ensure that foods will be stimulated through the colon to the exit. Bile also assists in nutrient absorption. Now if there is anything wrong with your liver (which if you live in america or any developed country is most likely the case!), you aren’t producing enough bile, meaning that your liver is clogged up or jammed up with junk. I’ll write about this in my next article.

One step is to stop eating cooked oils and too much protein this will help. The second is to thoroughly chew your food. Your body should start working at least 10% better in 2-3 days after this. This topic is a huge one so I’m going to break it apart. Till next time. As always use the contact form to send me questions, they are most welcome.

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