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Myths About Colonic Therapy

Myth: Colonics destroy the good flora
Fact: The flora is stored IN the stomach lining. To quote Dr. Norman W. Walker,

The first half of the colon is to gather from the glands in its walls the intestinal flora needed to lubricate the colon. Far too many people, professional and laymen, think that enemas and colon irrigations wash out the intestinal flora and thus deprive the colon of a valuable means of lubrication.

This school is utterly false and totally devoid of truth and fact. Obviously, when the packed accumulation of feces in the bowel leads to fecal incrustation, it is not possible for the lining of the colon to function normally, and the glands in this lining cannot produce the necessary intestinal flora, or lubrication. Such lack of lubrication only serves to intensify a state of constipation and generate toxemia.

According to Dr. Bernard Jensen, bacterial balance for a healthy bowel is about 85 percent friendly bacteria and 15 percent unfriendly bacteria. Jensen sent off 500 patient samples to a medical laboratory. The lab results averaged 85 percent unfriendly bacteria and 15 percent friendly bacteria — these colons were upside down.

What is of extreme interest is the latest research showing that chronic stress can kill the population of good bacteria. Also a new field of research, called infect-obesity, theorizes that certain common viruses actually make you fat. To sum it up, they are finding more Firmicutes bacteria in obese people’s stomach and intestines.