Colonics

[killswitch]

One of my old college roommates has gotten onto this huge health kick in the past 2 years and had a colonic done about 8 months ago. Not only did he become severly dehydrated afterward, he ended up with an infection and tear that put him in the hospital for 8 days. While visiting him, I over heard his doctor tell him, flat out, that there are NO real benefits of colonics at all. He said if your diet was high in fiber and vegetables, your body cleaned itself out every time you drop the duece.

 

[TEDROCKZ]

Google: Go Lightly. That stuff is strong enough to push a rope uphill:ror:

 

[Duuuuuuuude]

What ever happened to beer & taco night? That usually cleans me out pretty good...

 

[ROCKEDUP RICKY]

What ever happened to beer & taco night? That usually cleans me out pretty good...

Mc Ds will clean me out.

 

[322]

I just want to know who hears the job description of the technician and says "wow that sounds awesome! When can I start?"

 

[C*H*U*D]

...I figure since I am eating healthy foods now ...

Define healthy foods.

 

[helhedded]

Define healthy foods.

Shit that isn't whack if you're trying to lose weight and live healthier?

What I normally eat:
Fresh raw veggies, fruits, tuna fish or salmon, white chicken or lean beef , nuts, eggs, 1-2 salads a day, yogurt, whey protein shakes. Very low fat high protein. When I eat bread it's whole grain.

I have knocked out all junk food except store-bought beef jerky. :ror:

 

[killswitch]

Shit that isn't whack if you're trying to lose weight and live healthier?

What I normally eat:
Fresh raw veggies, fruits, tuna fish or salmon, white chicken or lean beef , nuts, eggs, 1-2 salads a day, yogurt, whey protein shakes. Very low fat high protein. When I eat bread it's whole grain.

I have knocked out all junk food except store-bought beef jerky. :ror:

Have you ever noticed that when you shop for foods like this that it's all around the outside in the grocery store? All the processed junk is the stuff in middle...

 

[frdtrkguy]

This should be re-titled, "The 40+ Thread" :ror:

 

[Del Montess]

One of my old college roommates has gotten onto this huge health kick in the past 2 years and had a colonic done about 8 months ago. Not only did he become severly dehydrated afterward, he ended up with an infection and tear that put him in the hospital for 8 days. While visiting him, I over heard his doctor tell him, flat out, that there are NO real benefits of colonics at all. He said if your diet was high in fiber and vegetables, your body cleaned itself out every time you drop the duece.

I've heard these horror stories as well.

and the procedure itself seems nasty... the one that was described to me is that they pretty much give you a massive enema, then let it come back out into a collection thing (which sounds like it would look hideous), and do this several times. I don't think it would go much past the sigmoid or descending colon at the most... doesn't sound like it would do a whole hell of a lot.


and fwiw, colonoscopies bring the suck. I got one done because of my dad's history of colon cancer (and I'm paranoid). and it fawking blew! I could only drink about 2/3 of the golytely before I started puking (some asshole thought making it pineapple flavored would be a good idea). then during the procedure I had an allergic reaction to the demerol, so didn't get much of a sedation going, and I remember the whole thing. and it hurt. not a fan.

trust me, I still will get them when I'm supposed to (but never again early, I'm not that paranoid...) and I highly recommend that people do them when they are supposed to. but not a chance in hell am I going near a colonic or colonoscopy thing unless I need to.


I second the eating a metric shitton of fiber, and letting the body cleanse itself. the body is pretty spectacular at that kind of thing if we don't keep fawking it up with all the crap we eat.