Re: Arguments on EVERYTHING I swear!!!!

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Candace,

take note of who the author is on anything you read. It sometimes helps.

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From: Candace Podratz <candaceandbrock@...>Subject: Arguments on EVERYTHING I swear!!!!"health " <health >Date: Saturday, July 18, 2009, 6:39 PM

"Enemas have no health benefits beyond the temporary relief of constipation.If one is constipated enough to consider an enema, one should increase the amount of fibre (roughage) and fluid in one's diet.Any apparent benefits felt from this particular example of quackery will be purely due to the absorption of caffeine through the walls of the lower intestine, an effect which can be achieved with much less discomfort, and in more sociable conditions, with a nice cup of coffee.The reason a garlic enema is "retained" so briefly is because the garlic is an irritant. It damages the lining of the intestines.The effects of garlic on intestinal fauna are, at best, questionable. If it is toxic enough to damage them, it is toxic enough to damageyou.The wholesale slaughter of your internal ecosystem

usually has long-term detrimental effects: clearing out the niches occupied by organisms that have grown and evolved along with you makes space for much less beneficial parasites, as can be testified by anybody who has had to take powerful antibiotics.The antibiotics kill the native, "good" bacteria, and leave space for drug-resistant bacteria to spread unrestricted throughout the body - the bacteria living within you have co-evolved with you, and have been co-opted by your body as part of your immune system. Kill the bacteria you have, and they cannot defend your body against further infection."

I need to stop reading. The good n bad arguments on every single thing under the sun is givin me a migraine!!!!

Candace

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I tend to agree to some degree about the " overuse " of enemas.  I'd view them as a therapy that can help give the body some assistance in unclogging in extreme cases, BUT I don't think it'd be advisable to rely on or use frequently an enema to facilitate elimination on any regular basis.  NOTHING beats allow the body naturally and " properly " function as it was meant to be.  That said, there are times that the body is overwhelmed and may need assistance via herbal remedy, (dare i say) drug, some supplemental or a therapy to help the body get back to balance.

I can understand getting a headache from a lot of conflicting information in the beginning.  However, I believe that the person seeking knowledge in health will come to a level of sanity when the fundamentals of health can be distilled and we can discern gimmick/quick fix from a natural, appropriate, and proper solution to managing our health.  in other words... in due time, we can and do become comfortable with what is true and real in good health - as long as we don't look for shortcuts or quick fixes to good health.

Kelvin

On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 4:39 PM, Candace Podratz <candaceandbrock@...> wrote:

 

" Enemas have no health benefits beyond the temporary relief of constipation.

If one is constipated enough to consider an enema, one should increase the amount of fibre (roughage) and fluid in one's diet.Any apparent benefits felt from this particular example of quackery will be purely due to the absorption of caffeine through the walls of the lower intestine, an effect which can be achieved

with much less discomfort, and in more sociable conditions, with a nice cup of coffee.The reason a garlic enema is " retained " so briefly is because the garlic is an irritant. It damages the lining of the intestines.

The effects of garlic on intestinal fauna are, at best, questionable. If it is toxic enough to damage them, it is toxic enough to damageyou.The wholesale slaughter of your internal ecosystem usually has long-term detrimental effects: clearing out the niches occupied by organisms that have grown and evolved along with you makes space for much less beneficial parasites, as can be testified by anybody who has had to take powerful antibiotics.

The antibiotics kill the native, " good " bacteria, and leave space for drug-resistant bacteria to spread unrestricted throughout the body - the bacteria living within you have co-evolved with you, and have been co-opted by your body as part of your immune

system. Kill the bacteria you have, and they cannot defend your body against further infection. " I need to stop reading. The good n bad arguments on every single thing under the sun is givin me a migraine!!!!

CandaceSent from my iPhone