Bowel Movements and Cancer

Believe it or not, the very foundation of good health is having regular bowel movements. When your body has a bowel movement it is removing the build-up of toxins, toxins that are the pre-cursors to many diseases and health conditions, especially cancer.

Our bodies have not changed much over time, yet our diet has changed drastically. A thousand years ago humans lived off of the land. Now, however, we are eating food that is covered in pesticides and processed until there is no nutritional value left in them. These foods increase the risk for disease.


The second leading cause of cancer death in the United States is colon cancer. In order to reduce our risk of this terrible disease, we must regularly remove the toxins that build up in our system from the unhealthy foods that we eat. However, one of the unpleasant results of our over-processed diets is constipation.

Constipation slows the movement of the toxic waste and harbors the foul matter in our intestines. The longer it takes for the toxic materials to move through our system, the longer the waste matter sits in our bowel and putrefies and sometimes is re-absorbed.

The longer our bodies are exposed to this putrefied matter, the greater the risk for developing diseases such as colon cancer. Even if you have one bowel movement every day, you still have at least several meals worth of waste materials putrefying in your colon. Over time this can be very hazardous to your health.

Since the colon is basically the body’s sewer system, keeping it cleaned out is the best option for reducing disease risk. Switching your diet to one that is rich in raw fruits and vegetables and very few processed foods will keep your digestive system free of toxins.

This will result in easy and frequent elimination, preventing toxins from building up in the first place. Depending on how toxic your bowels are, in can take several weeks for your body to detoxify and restore itself to good health.