April 23, 2008

UNDERSTANDING CONSTIPATION

One time or another everyone gets constipated and usually the reason is poor diet and lack or exercise. However there are times that constipation is not serious and just go away. But constipation could be a warning sign of some serious problem. To understand constipation, we need to know how the colon or the large intestine works and how to colon cleanse. When the foods move through the colon, the colon absorbs water from the food while it forms waste or stool. The colon then pushes the stool toward the rectum due to muscle contraction. And because of the water that has been absorbed, the stool that reaches the rectum became solid. Constipation occurs when the muscle contraction in the colon which is the reason why the stool move through the colon so slow and as a result, stools became hard and dry.