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Having chronic constipation can lead to some serious diseases. The food you eat should move through your gastrointestinal system and colon easily and in a specific time. When digested food residues remain in your colon for days, your colon can becomes toxic. This toxicity can spread into every part of the body, but will normally flow into the weaker parts. In the bloodstream, these toxins interfere with the deliver of oxygen that goes to your cells and tissues. If you have to strain and squeeze to have a bowel movement, you can damage the tissues in the lower part of your colon and the blood vessels in your legs. Chronic constipation can cause you to form hemorrhoids and enlarged blood vessels in either leg. In 1908 Eli Metchnifoff, director of the Pasteur Institute, was awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine. His research showed that pathogenic colon bacteria or bad bacteria toxic secretions and their by products acted as slow poisoning of the entire body. Metchnifoff believed that toxic matter coming from your colon was responsible for every degenerating disease. His belief was so strong that he suggested that man's life span was certainly cut in half when his colon was neglected and allowed to have excessive toxic producing bacteria. Chronic constipation is an indication of having an excess of bad bacteria and toxins in your colon. In 1931 Dr. Joseph H. Greer, was advising his patients what to do to eliminate chronic constipation and how to prevent it. Today, nutritionists and other health practitioners are telling their clients the same thing. In his small book, The Drugless Road to Perfect Health, 1931, Joseph H. Greer, M.D. reminds his patients, "You must have 'roughage' to make the bowels move freely. Concentrated food (processed foods) and constipation go hand in hand, (and) then pills (laxatives) are used. More constipation and more pills, it is a vicious circle with bad results. Don't be afraid of cracked wheat, cornmeal, cut oats, raw cabbage, onions and celery. They are far better than refined flour and the package foods that flood the market. They may save some labor in the kitchen, but they produce constipation." Naturopathic doctors and other alternative medicine practitioners now believe chronic constipation is a serious condition that cannot be ignored. Regular bowel movements keep your colon functioning efficient and healthy. To ignore constipation for long periods of time can lead to some serious illnesses and diseases. Mostly likely you will not live to be a ripe old age and if you do it will be with some undesirable disabilities. Many doctors, for a longtime, have refused to believe that irregular bowel movements can cause other parts of the body to become weaken and unable to perform their function. You will still find Internet articles, anatomy books, and health books suggesting that for some people bowel movements in 3 days or more can be normal. To believe this is a big mistake and can cause you to believe your health is ok. Take responsibility for your health and don't let chronic constipation become a reoccurring condition, which can shorten your life. You can get the information you need to eliminate chronic constipation or to create maximum colon health by going here: Chronic Constipation
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