colon health

How to Keep Your Colon Clean and Healthy

Posted By Dr. Ben Kim 

• Natural Health Solutions

Updated on December 11, 2009
If you want to experience your best health, an essential requirement is keeping your colorectal region clean and healthy. Keeping your colon and rectum clean and healthy provides a number of health benefits, the main ones being:

1. A lowered risk of developing colorectal cancer, the second or third leading type of cancer in most industrialized countries.
   
2. A lowered risk of experiencing irritable bowel syndrome, chronic constipation, and chronic diarrhea.
   
3. A lowered risk of developing hemorrhoids.
   
4. Less objectionable gas production.
   
5. More efficient absorption of water and minerals.
   
6. A feeling of lightness, comfort, and well-being in your abdominal region.
   

Your colon and rectum are collectively referred to as your large intestine, which is the last part of your digestive tract.

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