(November 28, 2008) – Family life gets crazy around the holidays, and kids can get out of their bathroom routine. A new study finds childhood constipation is much more than an inconvenience - it’s a common, sometimes serious medical problem that costs nearly billion each year to treat. That’s equal to major chronic illnesses like asthma and ADHD. We have some important tips for parents to help treat or prevent the problem before it gets serious. … > full story

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OUR COMMENTS

Motto:  ”If it goes in, it must come out!”  

• If you eat one full meal a day, you should have one full bowel movement a day.  (2 meals, 2 movements, etc.)  
• Ideally, BMs should float, clean easily (not liquid, sticky or hard), and not smell too odorous.   
• If you don’t have the ‘ideal BM’, you can increase fiber, herbs and alkalinity.

Fiber

• helps digestion 
• eases constipation,
• cleanses bowel, blood and arteries.   

Herb Lax

Alfalfa   

• increases alkalinity of cellular system
• enzymes help digest food in the stomach before it enters the intestine
• natural body deodorizer

digestive system

Causes? 

A variety of factors can cause the intestine to get ‘clogged’ or coated, leading to mal-absorption or allergy issues.

• insufficient fiber: most Americans eat 5-7 grams of fiber (recommended 25-50 grams)
• Candida overgrowth causing ‘leaky gut’ (microscopic holes in intestinal walls allowing foods to enter bloodstream and causing histamine overproduction & antibody formation)
• insufficient pure water intake
• too much refined sugar
• too many processed foods stripped of live enzymes
• inefficient enzyme production or hydrochloric acid in the stomach
• food allergy / sensitivity causing undigested food to coat the intestine
• more

Solutions?

• cleanse /purify  (bowel cleanse, other cleanses)
• repair / build
• prevent
• monitor progress (health quotient)