You should get in the practice of observing your stool as one of several gauges of the state of your colon health.

It may surprise you to find out that the appearance of your stool is a good "health" indicator. Once you start to eliminate compacted waste and detoxify, you are well on your way to restoring your colon to a healthy status as well as improving your overall health.

How soon do you go to the bathroom after you eat? You must have a bowel movement within a half-hour after you eat, every time you eat. This will explain why an infant baby will be eating and eliminating at the same time. He is not eliminating what he’s eating; he is eliminating what he ate an hour ago. A baby's system is not constipated so it works as nature intended. As adults, our elimination system should work the same way as an infant's elimination system. What size is your waste? The colon is 2-1/2 inches round. The waste from it should be at least 2 inches round. Does your waste float? The waste should not sink to the bottom of the bowl; it should float on top of the water. This means that what you ate had oxygen in it. It was a "live" food that you ate. It will float on top of the water. The following foods: white rice, white sugar, pastas, pizzas, meats, spaghetti, macaroni & cheese are going to sink right to the bottom of the bowl because they have no oxygen in them. The worst part of all this is that, only one-third of it came out, the other two-thirds are stuck to the walls, floor and ceiling of the colon. Do you hear the neighbors shutting all the windows and doors whenever you go to the bathroom? There should be no horrid smell to the waste. If there is a horrid smell, this means the waste has been there too long. Nothing should remain in the body longer than 24 hours at the maximum. The truth of the matter is what you ate should be gone in six hours. Why? Because it is no longer food. It is waste. It belongs out of our body. Are there "prints" on your stool? When you look at a picture of the colon, there is a print on it. This print is also on the inside of the colon. This means the waste should have the imprint of the inside of the colon on it. If the waste is smooth, you are constipated because all you did was tunnel eliminate right through the center. It does not matter if you are having five bowel movements a day. You are constipated. The colon begins to get bigger and bigger because the waste that sticks to it now causes the colon to be much larger. Now it takes up more room than it would ordinarily, which moves the other organs out of their place, causing them to work under stress, and creating so-called diseases.

The fact of the matter is, unless you are already on a cleansing elimination program, you are probably carrying around waste that has not been eliminated, therefore, you are constipated. Our Herbal Weight Control and Maintenance is a great starter program. I recommend if you are ready to take back your health, come to our center in the Los Angeles area to get a consultation, and consider a diet of predominately raw foods. If you are going to eat processed foods, you must make sure that you are eliminating. Our Herbal Lax and Super Lax are very good for this. Ask about them!