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the body natural response to tell you to empty your bowel. Just like the hose, if you want to fill it up with water, the other end must empty first! Prolonged retention of feces in the intestine is bad for health. These are bad matters that the body do not need. They emit bad gases which are harmful for the body. This is analogous to leaving food in the air. These food when exposed to air turns bad and smells as days pass by. This in turn affects the overall health of the person - more pimples, more frustration, and so on.

To avoid constipation, drink plenty of water and have a habit of emptying the bowels as frequently as possible. The best is everyday but there are people who empty their bowels once every two days and so on. The main thing is not to let the bad matters stay in the body for too long. Prolonged bad matters in the intestines causes these matters to 'clog' up the intestines, just like what we see in prolonged used water hose, there are black masses of algae and other dirt collect at the sides of the water hose. These will always be there and hard to be dislodged off. In our human intestines, this condition is termed coprostasis (I have written colon health and beauty at http://anthingblissful.blogspo t.com/2007/03/colon-health-and -beauty.html). Through time, these have detrimental effects on our intestines, which we cannot see and feel. Although everyday you empty your bowels, there might be traces of such matters in your intestines. Thus it is important to clean our intestines well.

There are many advertisements on colon cleansing. I do believe that good intestinal health is important and is the root to many other problems of our body. Besides products on colon cleansing, there are other products that is useful for intestinal health, such as Vitagens, Yacult which has billions of live probiotic cultures. In addition, consume more fibres which helps to prevent constipation too. Next eat healthy food, balanced diet, 'clean', 'fresh' food. Eating contaminated food can cause stomach upset and this will bring discomfort to your stomach and intestine too. Lastly, exercise will help bowels movement too.

Thus, your intestinal health is determined by what you eat, and how you take care of yourself - your habits of emptying your bowels, and how often you exercise. There are commercial products in the market that helps colon cleansing and it is all about your choice and decision to look after your health. You are what you eat. Your intestinal health lies in your mouth, your care and habits of life.

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