This article describes the necessity of regular bowel movement for a healthy body.

1. HealthyIntestines
Regularbowel movementisaprerequisite toahealthybody.The practice of taking castor oil to flush
the guts (the small andlowerintestines,includingthe large intestinesand the colon) hasbeendone for
generations.Mymotherandfather-in-law "regularly"take small amountsof Castoroil ona "prn" or an
as neededbasis.
Fewpeople understandthe necessityof keepingtheirintestinesclean.Theybathe dailytokeeptheir
hair andskinclean,theywashand cleantheirclothesandlinens regularly;theymake sure thattheir
carpetsare clean,they'll geteverythingaroundthemcleaned,buttheyforgetandoverlooktoclean
theirinternal organ,especially theirintestines,whichiscritical fortheirgoodhealth.
Whenwe eat food,we hope thatthe bulkor majorityof the foodsthat we swallow goesthroughour
digestive systemandexitthe otherendof ouralimentarycanal the followingday.Well,thatdoesn't
alwayshappen.Some of the foodthatwe eat may still sitinourintestinesfordays,perhaps highupin
our intestines.If the bulkof the foodsthatwe eat didnotget regularlyexpelledfromourintestinesand
remainedthere fordays,afterthe nutrientshave beenabsorbedduringthe earlierprocessof digestion
and absorption,whatremainedthere will be toxicwaste becauseof bacterial action,fermentationand
otherwasteful andtoxicchemical reactions.Don'tforgetthatthe functionof our stomachand other
parts of the intestinesare notonlytodigestthe foodsthatwe eat, butalso,more importantly,toabsorb
whatwe eat, includingthe nutrients,andwhatevertoxicwaste productsthatremaininthe intestines.
That's whyit isso importantwe keepourintestinescleansothatour bodydoesnotabsorb the waste
products that accumulate fromfoodsthat we ate that now have turnedintotoxicwaste "hiding"
somewhere inpartsof ourintestinesfordays.
One wayto keepyourbowelscleanis todo whatmy father-in-law did,take Castoroil.Butif youare a
diabeticorhave othermedical conditionsandare takingcertainmedicationsyou shouldconsultwith
your healthcare providerfirstbefore decidingtotake Castoroil.
Anothergoodsimple wayof keepingyourintestinescleanandhealthyisbytakingMetamucil or
psylliumhullsregularly, oreatingplentyof foodsthatare highin fiber.Make sure youdrinkplentyof
fluidsalso,preferablyclearwater.
I wishyouwell,asalways.