
People do not give much thought to the functioning of the colon. The colon, however, is a vital part of a healthy, functioning body.

It should take only around 24 hours for food to process through your body, but with the modern way of eating that lacks essential nutrients the transit time sometimes slows to 70 hours which results in up to 30 pounds of accumulated waste. One of the most common signs of this condition is constipation.
“The heavy mucus coating in the colon thickens and becomes a host of putrefaction. The blood capillaries to the colon begin to pick up the toxins, poisons and noxious debris as it seeps through the bowel wall. All tissues and organs of the body are now taking on toxic substances. Here is the beginning of true autointoxication on a physiological level. This accumulation can have the consistency of truck tire rubber. It’s that hard and black.”