Water and a Healthy Colon

Water and a Healthy Colon

Water is used by our entire body and every part of it. The human body is made up of more than 80% water, and that water is used in our muscles, or fat tissue, our brains, or bones, and our organs and skin too.

In fact, water is one way to help keep our colon and digestive system clean and operating at peak capacity. Water is what our bodies use to help carry out toxins, waste, bacteria and other harmful substances that shouldn't be inside us. The kidneys use the water to help the body carry out wastes through urine, but our colon also uses water to help carry out solid waste materials too.

You see, the liver is one of the primary toxin filters in our body. It removes harmful substances from our body, and sends it along to the colon to be disposed of outside the body. The bile created by the liver is what ends up as solid waste mater inside our colon. And the colon's job is to move that waste material out through bowel movements as quickly as possible.

The colon is about five to six feet long though, and as the solid waste material travels through it, additional water is extracted for use in other areas of the body. When the body isn't getting enough water to begin with, extra water is extracted from the waste materials moving through the colon. As that water is removed of course, the waste matter becomes very dry and hard. If it gets dried and hard, it stops being able to move easily through the colon. Sometimes it actually gets backed up and stuck, and this allows the toxins in that waste matter to start leaking back into your blood stream and poisoning other parts of your body.

By simply drinking more water throughout every day, you can help the colon keep that waste material moving easily through, and it will be eliminated practically without effort through your bowel movements.

It's not too difficult to tell when you're drinking enough water to keep your colon healthy either. If you're having at least two effortless bowel movements each day - and by effortless we mean there is no straining or waiting for the movement to happen - then your stools are most likely very soft, and thus you're probably getting enough water to help keep the colon healthy. Whenever you notice difficulty with bowel movements though, or hard stools, or if you go a day or more without having a bowel movement, you may need to increase your water intake.

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