Digestion Specialist Intro: Constipation

Constipation is the slow movement or lack of bowel movements of feces through the intestines. The feces often become DRY & HARD & STUCK because all the fluid is reabsorbed by the colon during this abnormal extended time. According to the American Society of Colon & Rectal Surgeons, about 80% of people suffer from Constipation at some time during their lives. The National Institute of Health published the survey showing 4-1/2 million Americans are constipated most or all the time. In the U.S. there are 2.5 million doctor visits each year from people complaining of constipation. Nearly 800 million dollars are spent each year on harsh laxatives.

Constipation is fundamentally the slowing down process of food moving through the digestive tract and that is called “TRANSIT TIME”. Back in the old days of life in the farm, Americans ate right, nutritional and balanced meals, and then worked all day at the homestead, the typical TRANSIT TIME was 15 hours. Today with processed foods lacking enzymes and natural fibers, heavy on sugar, the TRANSIT TIME of food through the gut is slowing down to 70 hours.

When transit time slows down, putrefied nasty material stays in your colon longer and the old feces start to harden and stick to the walls of the colon. This causes 2 million Americans to suffer colon diseases, colitis, ileitis, diverticulitis, and 100,000 colostomies (surgical opening covered with a bag for collection of feces) performed each year. A normal regular person carries on the average of 5 pounds of fecal matters. A person suffering from irregularity and constipation can carry 40 pounds or more of old fecal matter.

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