Is Your Elimination System part of the
Problem?
Place a 1, 2, or 3 to all that
apply
1 = mild or occasionally
2 = moderate or often
3 = severe or almost all the
time
___ Coated or fuzzy debris on
tongue
___ Foul smelling gas or bowel
movements
___ Alternating constipation and
diarrhea
___ Irritable bowel, mucous,
colitis, or lower abdominal pain
___ Bowel movements painful/
difficult
___ History or currently
constipated
___ Bouts of diarrhea
___ Burning or itching anus
___ History of yeast infections
___ Use antibiotics, birth
control pills, steroid hormones or estrogens
___ Skin eruptions/bumps,
psoriasis or eczema
___ Stool is small hard and dry
___ Jock itch, fungus underneath
nails
___ Use laxatives
___ Eat refined, processed, fast
foods
___ Coffee needed to start bowel
movements
___ Do you struggle with
hemorrhoids
Total
score: _______
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Again, it’s NOT “you are what you eat” but rather it’s
“you are what you absorb and what you DON'T eliminate.
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Poor elimination causes internal pollution…”the
solution to pollution is dilution”
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Water is critical in helping keep the bowels
moving.
Results:
1 – 4 Your large intestine (colon) does NOT
seem to be a problem.
5 – 9 Your large intestine may be in
jeopardy. You may want to add some additional fiber and
probiotics to your diet and reduce the refined sugars in your
diet.
10 plus Internal pollution as a result of poor
elimination is a major problem that needs to be addressed.
Additional fiber, probiotics and more water will help. A colon
cleanse would be recommended to help get the bowels moving. If
there is a history of antibiotics, birth control pills, steroid
hormones and poor diet, a yeast/parasite cleanse may be
beneficial. Do NOT begin a cleanse without first strengthening
your Adrenals; this will reduce the negative effects caused by
most cleanses. Additional magnesium can help keep the bowels
moving.
Tips to
Improve Your Elimination Function:
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Fiber
is needed to pull out the toxins and poisons from the body.
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Before beginning a cleanse, make sure your
digestive system is functioning well.
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A good cleanse should include lots of water,
fiber, raw fruits and veggies, and less or NO processed refined
white sugar and flour.
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A yeast/parasite cleanse is different than a
cleanse to move the bowel…the goal is to eliminate the
overgrowth of yeast, fungus, candida and parasites that have
overgrown in your large intestines.
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Yeast/parasite overgrowth is a huge problem and
effects more women than man for two simple reasons. First,
women take birth control pills – men don’t. Second, women use
more antibiotics than men. Birth control, antibiotics, and
steroid hormones kill off the “good” bacteria that lines our
intestines and allows the overgrowth of the harmful “bad”
bacteria. The overgrowth of the “bad” bacteria pollutes
our bodies from the inside.
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The trillion cells of bacteria in our intestines
do many things…
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Digest our food
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Make our B vitamins
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Account for up to 70% of our immune system…VERY
IMPORTANT
Simply stated, the bacteria in our intestines digest our food
and “pop” it out…the ones that “pop” out or excrete waste
material that is good or beneficial for our body we call “good”
bacteria. The ones that “pop” out waste material that are
harmful or toxic to our body we call “bad” bacteria.
Healthy intestines should have lots more of the “good” bacteria,
than the “bad”. Unfortunately the use of antibiotics,
birth control pills, steroid hormones and poor dietary choices
contribute to an imbalance of the “good” and “bad” bacteria.
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There are specific herbs to help eliminate the bad
bacteria (garlic, oregano, grapefruit seed, black walnut,
caprylic acid, pau d’arco, etc)
