Some of the best colon cleanses you can do at home involve drinking something rather than eating something.  The reason is that the liquid works a lot faster and can get into those nooks and crannys of your colon that need to be flushed out.  (yes, kind of like draino).  So here are a few homemade colon cleanse drinks you can try making yourself to help purge your body of all those harmful toxins that have built up over the years.

One method is to try drinking REAL lemon juice with cayenne pepper in it.  I am not talking about lemonade here.  Buy real lemons from the produce section of the grocery store and squeeze them into a juice.  If you want to add a sweetener try adding some maple syrup.  The cayenne pepper has a bitter taste, but just a table spoon for every half gallon should be fine.  It will help to make the lemon juice work faster in your diet.  And this is a diet after all.  You will not want to eat any other foods during this process.  This will allow the lemon juice to do all the work and in a few days you will start noticing a real difference, a clean feeling if you will.

There are many teas you can try drinking as well that promise to cleanse the colon.  These teas include selena tea, green tea, and one I have seen recently called Smooth Move.  Sometimes teas can cause restriction in the colon, causing cramping and you don’t want that, so be ginger with the tea.

Some other drinks you can try to cleanse your GI system and colon are apple cider vinegar.  It’s not pleasant but very effective if you can swallow it.  I usually will water it down a little so it’s not so horrid.

Also, try taking a few teaspoons of salt in your water and mix it up.  You might want to be near a bathroom for this one, as it can really get your bowel movements going.  Even any other kind of vinegar mixed in your water will have a similar effect, but not as much as good ole sea salt water.

If you have a juicer, here is a great homemade colon cleanse drink:

Take an 1 apple,  1 carrot, 1 raw potato , and some tomato juice and blend them all together in the juicer.  Drink this every morning or night and you will be amazed at how well it cleanses your digestive system.

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Have you been looking for a colon cleansing formula? There are all kinds of natural ingredients you can try to flush out your system of harmful toxins that get gunked up in your digestive system, but here are some formulas that may work best for you, and best of all, most of them can be tried at home as well.

First of all, any kind of formula should have natural ingredients that will not cause any major side effects except for a cleansing of the system. And just because it is natural does not mean that it will actually be good for you. Poison Ivy is natural, but not recommended for ingestion=).

I will list some of the major ingredients in the major players in the colon cleanse field today. Each one of these ingredients is part of the formula that makes up the basics for a cleanse you can do yourself. You can even put these ingredients together yourself if you can find them.

Psyllium Husk:

Psyllium husk is an integral part of the cleansing formula and is a fiber filled with complex carbs.   In addition to helping with constipation it is also used for treatments with yeast infections, INS (irritable Bowel Syndrome), and weight loss.  If taken too much  you may experience some diarrhea but this is also part of the internal cleansing taking place.  Just make sure it does not last longer than 1 day.  I always look for psyllium husk in all of my colon cleansing products.

Bentonite Clay:

Sure it sounds weird, but bentonite clay is like a taxi cab for the toxins in the body.  It picks them up and carries them out.  This stuff is in almost any reputable product and acts like a vacuum to help you eliminate things like parasites, poisons, pathogens, and bad bacteria.  This clay is one of the best things you can take to remove all of the waste just sitting there clogging up the colon.  You will most definitely feel more energetic after taking this “colon sponge” that absorbs all the bad stuff in there.

Cascara Sagrada:

One important process of an internal cleanse of the digestive system is to make sure the muscles that move the food in your colon are operating properly.  This undulating action works great in a healthy colon and moves things along.  By taking Cascara Sagrada you can make sure you condition the muscles in your intestinal tract.

Flax Seed:

I have seen this natural ingredient in almost every colon cleanse product I have seen as well.  It’s the part of the formula that also relieves constipation.  Flax seed is rich in Omega 3′s and is also great for your heart and skin.

Worm Seed:

I’m glad this one is better than it sounds.  It does not involve “worms” of any kind but worm seed is effective at removing worms from your system if they are in there.  It will also remove all kinds of other parasites and relieve the constipation that is associated with them.  If you are pregnant or breastfeeding you should not take wormseed.

Probiotics:

Any good colon cleansing formula will also contain some probiotics which are micro-organisms that will help to keep the good bacteria and fight off the bad.  I don’t know how it can tell the difference but it can!  A steady diet of these probiotics would be great for anyone.

There are a lot of doctors out there that will want you to take all kinds of pills or have some invasive procedures done to get your colon cleansed.  But the simple truth is that they are trying to make a living and you just need the easiest, simplest, and most cost effective way to cleanse that colon once and for all.  Well, it may not be once and for all, but at least it will be squeaky clean for a while.

These home remedies for a healthy colon have been around for a while, but some of them you may not even know about.  Either way, you should be able to learn something and try one or 2 of them to keep that digestive tract running smooth.

1.  The fasting method.

This may be a tough one for many people who lack self control, but if you can stop yourself from eating for a few days you would be surprised at how much better you will feel after the hunger pains have subsided.  Not only does fasting allow your digestive tract to get a break, but when your stomach has nothing in it, it forces the colon to pass all of that other junk in there and break it down to aid in digestion.  During the colon fast you can still eat a little if you want to but make sure you only consume veggies and fruits.  pretty soon those toxins will be fleeing your body.

2.  Try some soup.

There are special kinds of soups for cleaning your colon out, but some of the ingredients you can make yourself at home for a homemade colon cleanse are peas, carrots, cabbage, onions, celery, beans, corn and a few others as well.  Veggies like corn cannot be digested but they help to clean you out as they scrape the walls of your colon.  Make sure you keep up this soup diet for anywhere from 4-7 days for the best results.

3.  Take some supplemental herbs.

There are certain herbs that will not be harmful but will provide a safe way for you to keep clean insde.  Some herbs can act like a laxative to flush you out.  These herbs inclue psyllium, aloe leaf and others.  But the main goal of your herb diet should be to get rid of toxins completely by going to the source of the problem.. the colon.  Ginger, garlic, and fennel will help in this process.  Flax seeds can be very useful in getting the whole process started and getting the undulation of the colon going to end in the bowl movement.

4.  Probiotics are helping people too.

Probiotics might seem like a big scary word but it can actually be found in oinions, garlic, and banans.  Why are probiotics helpful?  Because they help to give us the right kind of bacteria that is helpful in breaking down foods in our bodies.  The good bacteria can actually combat and kill the bad bacteria in our colons.

5.  Eat some fish in your diet.

My mother always taught me to have fish once a week, but you should have it more than this if you want to clean out your insides.  Fish oil supplement pills can also be very helpful because there are omega 3 fatty acids.  Why are Omega 3′s acids helpful?  They aid in digestion so you can break down food better and faster, not allowing food to rot and cause illness in your body.

There are all kinds of homemade colon cleanse methods you can try.  But the above ones should get you off to a good start.  These also should not have any side effects but talk to your doctor if you have any concerns.

Colon Cleansing is all the rage these days but the question is… is a colon cleanse right for everyone?  There are those who will criticize the idea and say that your body should naturally be able to dispose of any unwanted toxins and waste from your body without any added supplement or digestive procedure.   But sometimes intervention can be the only true solution for your problems with your colon and energy levels.

True, if we all lived healthy lives and ate all the right things all the time, and exercised like we should ALL the time we may not need a colon cleanse and our bodies should be able to take of themselves without our help.  But the truth of the matter is, none of us are able to live that way.  We live busy lives and sometimes have to eat something that is not part of the food pyramid.  Sometimes we don’t have time to work out and keep in shape and our digestive system suffers from that.  To ignore these truths is dangerous for your colon health and should be warned against.

There are all kinds of homemade colon cleansing “remedies” people have out there.  And new methods are popping up all the time.  But if you believe all of the hype you are just going to be confused about what works and what doesn’t work when it comes to keeping your colon clean and healthy.  But there are some rather effective treatments that have been going around that you might want to look into.  These are herbal colon cleansing treatments that should supplement your diet and can be found at any nutritional health food store.

Even at your own home you can have an effective way to clean those toxins out of your body, but some of the stuff that is stuck to the walls of your colon will be much harder to get out.

The undigested fical matter, as nasty as it is to think about, can cause all kinds of problems if you just ignore that it is there.  The body cannot absorb any nutrients from this stuff and it will become toxic the longer it stays in there, effecting all kinds of other parts of the body as you feel weak and tired.  It has been estimated that the average person in America has up to 15 pounds of this waste just sitting in their colons, rotting away.

Some of the stronger herbal cleansers will actually scrub away at the wall of the colon, allowing the digestive system to be running properly.  The herbs will than lightly push out the old toxic junk and give you more energy than you’ve had before.

Now many homemade treatments cannot give you these kinds of results but that is simply because many people don’t have the right herbs at home.  But you can pick up some of these herbs from your local store, so in that sense it can still be a homemade remedy.