jluetjen |
03-06-2009 01:26 PM |
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Originally Posted by 911Rob
(Post 4526125)
I'll chime in.... I've done it and quite a few of my friends too; it was the thing to do a few years ago; ha!
True Story.
... First, you can never properly cleanse your colon orally; can't happen. Second, you can't do it with a single treatment; a proper treatment takes about 10 times.
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Forgive me for saying this, but " WHAT A LOAD OF CRAP". http://forums.pelicanparts.com/suppo...eys/pain30.gif
Admittedly, I'm not a Doctor, but I know a good Gastrointestinalogist and had the (echem:rolleyes:) pleasure of having him perform a colonoscopy on me.
1) You can properly cleanse your colon orally. Absolutely! Here's the a picture of my lower GI after drinking the gallon of colonoscopy prep stuff. Looks clean as a whistle to me, and that's what the doctor told me. :D
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1178313278.jpg
2) Unfortunately these colon cleansing schemes can be much worse then worthless since there is a very real risk of throwing the body's chemical balance out of wack because of the loss of electrolytes. I'm not biologist and can't describe the technical details of this, so I'll need to leave that up to the medically trained members of this BBS. My understanding is that the colonoscopy prep stuff is very high in electrolytes which is one of things that makes drinking the stuff so [gag] awful! http://forums.pelicanparts.com/suppo...leys/pukey.gif
3) Unfortunately as a weight-loss scheme, emptying out your colon isn't going to net you much. I weighed myself both before I started the colonoscopy prep and afterwards. Unfortunately, even though my digestive track was completely empty, I was only 2 pounds lighter then I was when I started. :( Alas, my weight varies from day to day more then that.
My recommendation would be to walk away (quickly) from any of these colon flushing schemes. If you really want to be healthy, switch to a diet high in fiber and low in fats and sugars.
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