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Bowels 1
Harriet di Luzio, FGNI, MAR

Role reversal, let us start from the anus and work backwards. After all, we all know that if we do not have a healthy bowel elimination we become tired, argumentative, irritable etc, as toxins not only build up but seep into the blood stream and on into the body.

The word bowels actually refers to both the small and large intestines, as sometimes you will hear the word small bowel used to mean the small intestine, but in common usage bowels usually refers to the Large Intestine, which is also called the Colon. The Colon is also divided into the ascending, transverse, descending and sigmoid sections and is the final stretch of the digestive system before the rectum and anus.

Whatever we eat will produce some waste material, which cannot be digested or absorbed for reasons belonging uniquely to each of us.

Roughage is what we are called upon to eat plenty of, on a daily basis to help keep the bowels functioning healthily. This roughage then acts by stimulating the bowel to contract and push waste food mass forward until it reaches the anal canal and exits from the body. Those who eat a diet that is deficient in roughage can expect to experience and possibly suffer with constipation. We should recognise that the bowel is our own sewage system. If neglected it will certainly let us become aware that it isn't working sufficiently by such things as stomach aches, bloatedness and numerous other symptoms.

The large intestine is concerned with

*Absorption of minerals,
*Water
*Storage
*Undigested and unabsorbed food material

If the bowels cease to respond to their natural stimulation some people have turned to laxatives, others to a more healthy approach such as prunes or prune juice: all the old favourites, linseeds etc., all of which you hope will stimulate and activate your bowel movement. Even better than just doing this is to look at where the backlog is storing itself and what part if any this backlog of toxicity may be playing in affecting other systems and parts of the body?

Looking at what we put in our mouths to eat, and whether we chew our foods or not, is therefore essential and is the beginning of the education of our digestive system.

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