Wondering if I should try a colon cleanser?? any advice?

Have Fiber One every morning for a good week. It's cheaper and safter than any pill you'll find.

a friend of mine once had a colonix. It's a buit like a colonoscopy, same everything except instead of having a camera at the end of the tube, it shoots water. Apparently it's painless and the girl lost like 10 pds of gross stuff that the colon has inside it. It's not thousands of dollars either. And it's a healthier choice than taking pills and/or drinking a certain something all day every day for a week. Look into it. You might want to try it.

But I have heard that you can have "build up" in your intestines for decades. I suffer from irregularity constantly, even though I am getting 25-35 grams of fiber each day and of course drinking tons of water. I am constantly bloated and feel like a good cleansing would help me. I am wanting to try the lemon, maple syrup, cayenne pepper cleanse, but I am having a hard time committing to no food for 10 days. I wonder if it would be beneficial even if I only did it for 3 days?

Have you ever been checked for food intolerance? Your symptoms sound similar to those who are lactose or wheat intolerant.

Skip the cleanses and please, pretty please DO NOT do any Stanley Burrough's Master Cleanse hurrah. Here's what to do: for 1-2 weeks, eat a spotless diet. No refined sugars. No added salt. Limited or no dairy intake. Lean white meat and fish only (or none at all), lots of vegetables - raw or steamed ONLY, lots and lots of water, fresh fruits, raw nuts/seeds, legumes, whole grains. Avoid processed foods. Avoid white bread or any refined products. Aim for whole food. If you'd like, take a psyllium husk fiber supp. on the side while doing this. Make sure to get in some daily activity - walking, biking, etc.

I guarantee you'll feel better afterward.

Have you ever been checked for food intolerance? Your symptoms sound similar to those who are lactose or wheat intolerant.

Skip the cleanses and please, pretty please DO NOT do any Stanley Burrough's Master Cleanse hurrah. Here's what to do: for 1-2 weeks, eat a spotless diet. No refined sugars. No added salt. Limited or no dairy intake. Lean white meat and fish only (or none at all), lots of vegetables - raw or steamed ONLY, lots and lots of water, fresh fruits, raw nuts/seeds, legumes, whole grains. Avoid processed foods. Avoid white bread or any refined products. Aim for whole food. If you'd like, take a psyllium husk fiber supp. on the side while doing this. Make sure to get in some daily activity - walking, biking, etc.

I guarantee you'll feel better afterward.

My typical daily food intake looks like this: Breakfast -100% Whole Wheat. No Sugar, No Sodium. Snack - Triscuits and Hummus, Lunch - Salad with Red Wine Vinegar for dressing, maybe a can of tuna on it, Dinner - Lean ground beef, chicken, or pork loin and fresh veggies. Other things I eat are brown rice, whole wheat bread, hard boiled eggs, strawberries, wheat tortillas, tons and tons of water, I don't eat refined sugar, I dont add salt to anything, NEVER eat white bread, or any kind of microwave meals of the such, no cheese, about 4 oz of milk each day. I track my sodium on here and usually take about 1500 mg/per day. Which I think is good. I exercise 4 times a week for 45 min to an hour, along with plenty of activity such as gardening, playing with the dog. I have looked at fiber supplements at the store and decided not to make the purchase because each serving is only 3g fiber/3 times a day. I get 12g from the tortillas I eat.

Do you have any suggestions for the best fiber supplement to get?

I'm not trying to be argumentative about this. I just dont understand why/how I could be so bloated, uncomfortable, and irregular. :sad:

Actually, I did tons of research on this because I am having problems with irregularity, bloating, etc. and I do not want to take the colon cleansing pills. I found that Epson salt mixed with water works. You mix about 1-2 tbsp of salt with 1/2 glass of water, mix and guzzle. It doesn't taste very well; however, if you add a Crystal Light packet, lemon, or lime juice to it you might be able to handle it better. If you can get past this, it works very well and it's natural. Good luck!


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I am a nurse and I work with GI doctors doing colonoscopy and endoscopy daily. There is NO build up in your colon. You are not going to lose 10-20 pounds, and in some cases you can get a pretty nasty colitis from it. Don't do it!!!! Believe me, if it were of any health benefit, we would do it at our office and charge your insurance. Trust me!!:bigsmile:

I'm going to start here. THANK YOU! More and more people are buying into what these companies tell us. So keep speaking out and letting people know the truth.

Now to AwMyLoLo, If you are already getting 25-35 gr of fiber naturally through your food and drinking enough water and exercising. Maybe you are like me and other people who are regular even if they don't go everyday. When I found out that this was ok I felt much better. I think I felt more bloated because people kept telling me I should go everyday. Now that I don't stress over it I really do feel better.
For awhile I tried to up my fiber through supplements. That was a mistake! Then I really did feel bloated. Like you I drink enough water, exercise and get about the same amounts of fiber through my food.

For you though you say you are feeling bloated and uncomfortable. So I would try making some dietary changes. Maybe adding prune juice. I've heard it works wonders and I think you can get it in other flavors now.

I do hope you find your normal and can get away from the uncomfortable feeling. I'm sure it's no fun.

Your dog is cute!:flowerforyou:

Really? Prune juice? Why warm?

That sounds like a good idea. I will look into it. Thank you guys for your advice.

Also a nice strawberry cleanse will do wonders. Eat 2 cups of strawberries with every meal in addition to celerey and cucumbers with lunch and asparagus with dinner. Also stick with fish as your primary protein source. You will feel less bloated in about 2-3 days.