Colon Cleansing Pamphlet - P5

Colon cleansing pamphlet page 6

Colon Cleansing aims to help the body stay clear of deposits which can clog up the bowel by sticking to its sides and building up. When this build-up happens it is sometimes called mucoid plaque. 'Sticky' foods are thought to contribute to this build-up of mucoid plaque so, in your general diet, and particularly when paying attention to colon cleansing it is best to minimise foods which contribute to this stickiness.

Foods which are mucous-forming are those which I recommend you limit or eliminate during your colon cleansing. This will help to ensure that you get the best benefits from the effort you are putting in and the best value from the money you are spending.

Mucous Forming Foods
Mucous-forming or 'sticky' foods are generally thought to be as follows:

• Dairy foods - milk and cheese
• Meat
• Flour products - bread, cakes, pastries
• Eggs
• Sugar, especially refined sugar.

For many people this list includes a large proportion of their diet! Don't despair: there are many satisfactory substitutions which can be made, and there are many things left to eat which do not have this 'sticky' effect.

Raw Food
For most people, adding extra raw food to the diet is easily accomplished and it is hugely beneficial to your health. This is because raw vegetables and fruit contain many more nutrients than if they are cooked. Furthermore, cooking breaks down the fibre in vegetables and fruit whereas their raw equivalents contain large amounts of fibre which have tremendous benefits not only for colon cleansing but which also have other health benefits, for example on blood cholesterol levels.

Some people find a mixed salad easy to prepare and eat for lunch each day. This can conveniently be prepared the night before when you already have the ingredients out to prepare a side-salad to have with the evening meal. Next day - your salad is all ready in an air proof container to take to work, or to eat at home.

In this way, raw food can be increased as a proportion of your diet.

Breakfast
Similarly, a breakfast of fruit; perhaps mango, apple, banana, plus nuts and seeds - a small handful of walnuts, pumpkin seeds and sunflower seeds, plus a teaspoon of flax seed oil poured over is a fantastically healthy start to the day.

Other Meals
Beyond these suggestions for lunch and breakfast, increase the vegetables eaten - apart from potatoes. I leave potatoes out of my diet almost completely (as I do bread and pastries) because of real risks of Metabolic Syndrome. So I suggest having piles of vegetables with whatever your main meal is - for example, vegetarian burgers, tofu, chicken or turkey breast, curry, bean dishes or stir fry.