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Most people, when reading about weight loss fads, will never hear
about having regular bowel movements. It is something that people tend
to shy away from writing about, yet it is vitally important. It
is important for a bowel movement to occur for every single meal that
you eat. If you eat three meals a day you should have three bowel
movements. If you are eating three meals a day and you do not have
three bowel movements, where is the excess stored? Answer: It is
stored in the colon, which becomes more and more impacted over time,
causing the belly to bulge. We have seen very attractive people that
look thin and they have a bowel movement only once a week! People have
said, "Well they look good, so it cannot be all that bad."
Unfortunately this attitude causes much more harm than one would
think. The excess fecal matter is stored in the body and as it adds to
the body weight of these individuals, muscle is lost. So, if a person
is constipated, their body is filling up with fecal matter! This
leads to weight gain problems, because of poor nutrient absorption.
When sludge begins to line the colon walls it becomes harder for
nutrients to be absorbed into the body, as the body must now try and
extract nutrients through this wall of fecal matter. When this
occurs, guess what happens? Your body tells you that you must eat
more! You are not getting the right nutrients so you continue to eat
in a vain attempt to get what the body needs! Cravings kick in because
of a lack of certain key nutrients. Further. colon or bowel
blockage results in several bodily problems. As the colon becomes
impacted, just like an old rusty drainpipe, the hole in the middle
becomes smaller and smaller. The more impacted the colon becomes, the
more weight you carry. Not only does weight become an issue, but
diverticulosis (herniated bowel pockets filled with trapped fecal
matter and caused by constipation), colon polyps (a tumor that rises
from the colon's surface and then protrudes into the inside of the
colon), and cancer can be down the road. This is a progressively
degenerative disease where eventually you end up with total colon
blockage, cancer and even death. Maintaining regular bowel
movements promotes better health and keeps you looking your best.
Bowel regularity will help to give you that flat stomach that doesn't
bulge out, aid it will aid you in losing weight and keeping it off. It
will allow you to absorb nutrients efficiently which helps stave off
cravings and allows you to build lean muscle without gaining fat. And
most importantly, maintaining regular bowel movements can greatly
reduce chances of diverticulosis or colon cancer.
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