In a message dated 06/19/2001 9:49:17 AM Central Daylight Time, 
[email protected] writes:


> > colon cleanse, you are most likely gunked up on the inside. Consider
> > that the colon is like a filterscreen, taking in, and letting thru
> > nutrients, etc.  Most people who have never cleansed have a situation
> > akin to cooked pasta plastered on a screen.(and worse)
> >    You would be amazed at what comes out of you, when doing a cleanse,
> 
> Well, I beg to differ. I saw the inside of my colon during a colonoscopy,
> and there was nothing in there! Just a pink, amazingly pretty organ.
> I had to take laxatives the day before to get the gunk out; sure there is
> gunk in there, it`s feces and nothing else, but it does comes out all on its
> own. That is the colon`s job!
> When the body is working properly, there isn`t any need to do a so-called
> colon cleanse, or one for the liver either. The body knows what to do, if we
> just feed it properly, and take care of this amazing gift from God!
> Marshalee
> 

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That is the same thing the gastointestinal told my mother-in-law
every time she had one of those which was quite often.  She
died with colon cancer a year ago in June.