Colon Cleanses are a Scam
I have heard so much about colon cleanses that I decided to investigate what merit they had, if any. I have to admit I was skeptical, though I try to be open minded about every new thing I come in contact with. I was skeptical because I have seen doctors perform colonoscopies on enough people to know that a simple over-the-counter laxative will clean the colon out so squeaky clean that nothing is left behind at all by the time the doctor uses a scope. So I couldn’t understand why the colon would have to be cleaned to get out supposed waste clinging to the inner walls of the colon. On the internet I was somewhat disgusted to find websites full of pictures of gelatinous, stringy waste that had come out of people after doing a cleanse. In fact, it looked to me like an inner “mold” or “cast” of a human colon. This got me thinking that it may be just that: an inner mold of a human colon. The websites didn’t say what was in the cleanse material, other than a special blend of herbs, but I was sneakily suspicious it was made of something that would harden when it got to the colon and then come out in a mass that was said to have been there for years or decades. All I had to do was type “colon cleanse scam” into google, and there popped up a webpage about colon cleansing. Described on the page is how psyllium husks, the main ingredient in colon cleanse packets, will actually solidify when it gets to the colon and then be excreted in a solid mass shaped like your colon. It made perfect sense, and I then knew it as a scam.
I am disappointed that such scamming goes on in the name of good health. It is a serious impediment to progress, since so many of us don’t know who we can trust, especially when money is involved. Colon health is very important, and there are things that can easily be done to have a healthy colon, better digestion, etc. Colon cleansing, unfortunately, isn’t one of them.