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Healthy Intestines   

  The practice of taking castor oil to flush the guts (the small and lower intestines, including the large intestines and the colon) has been done for generations. My mother and father-in-law regularly drink small amounts of Castor oil on a "prn" or on an as needed basis.

   Few people understand the necessity of keeping their intestines clean. They bathe daily to keep their skin and hair clean, they wash their clothes and linens or get them cleaned regularly, they make sure their carpets are clean, they'll get everything external to them cleaned, but they forgot and overlooked to clean their internal organ, especially their intestines, which is very important for their good health.

   When we eat food we hope that the bulk or majority of the foods that we swallow goes through our digestive system and exit the other end of our alimentary canal the next day. Well, that doesn't always happened. Some of the food that we eat may still sit in our intestines for days or weeks, perhaps high up in our intestines. If the bulk of the foods that we eat do not get expelled regularly from our intestines and remained there for days or weeks, after the nutrients have been absorbed during the earlier process of digestion and absorption, what remained there will be toxic waste because of bacterial action, fermentation and other wasteful and toxic chemical reactions. Don't forget that the function of our stomach and other parts of the intestines are not only to digest the foods that we eat, but also more importantly to absorb what we eat, including whatever waste products that still remain in the intestines.

   That's why it is so important we keep our intestines clean so that our body does not absorb the waste products that accumulate from foods that we ate that now have turned into toxic waste "hiding" in parts of our intestines for days, weeks or perhaps months.

   One way to keep your intestines clean is do what my father-in-law did, take Castor oil. But if you are a diabetic or have other medical conditions and/or are taking certain medications you should consult with your health care provider first before deciding to take Castor oil.

   Another simple good way of keeping your intestines clean and healthy is by taking psyllium hulls and fibre 
regularly, or eating plenty of foods that are high in fiber. Make sure you drink lots of fluids also, preferably clear purified water.

   I wish you well.