| As with any new procedure, the efficacy and | | | | mountains of Hungary to live to an extremely old |
| even the safety of the colon cleansing procedure | | | | age. He knew that these people had yogurt in |
| has been questioned from several quarters. It is | | | | their regular diet. Somehow he came to the |
| understandable that people have their doubts. | | | | conclusion that lactobacilli, the bacteria present in |
| Colon cleansing is not something which is like | | | | the yogurt actually fights against the harmful |
| rocket science. In fact, its roots can be traced | | | | bacteria inside their intestine and thus helps them |
| back 4000 years to the Egyptian civilization when | | | | to live longer. In others who don't have yogurt |
| colon was thought to be the cause of all ailments. | | | | regularly the harmful bacteria can thrive and |
| The idea was pretty much in vogue even during | | | | produce toxins which shorten our lives. |
| Restoration England. There has been a renewed | | | | John Harvey Kellogg's of the cornflakes fame in |
| interest in colon cleansing in the recent years. This | | | | his treatments at the Sanitorium in Battle Creek, |
| is because of the sharp increase in colon-recto | | | | Michigan used the colon cleansing as an important |
| cancers, especially in the US and other related | | | | instrument to cure the Roosevelts, Fords, |
| ailments. Colon cleansing is supposedly performed | | | | Chryslers, Rockefellers and other distinguished |
| to keep the colon completely free of any toxic | | | | people of the early 20th century. |
| substances. It is also ensured that the colon | | | | However, science today nullifies such claims. What |
| retains its proper shape and size and can function | | | | medicinal practitioners do accept is that an |
| at its optimal levels. | | | | unhealthy colon can be a cause of certain ailments |
| Ilya Metchnikoff, won the Nobel Prize for medicine | | | | but in no way it is responsible for all ailments. |
| in the early years of the 20th century. A highly | | | | They also argue that a clean colon cannot ensure |
| respected scientist of his day he was awarded | | | | that you will live long. The community Metchnikoff |
| the Nobel Prize for his work with white blood cells | | | | had based his theory on looked much older than |
| and conclusion that they help in fighting infections | | | | they actually were. And they were not people |
| inside our body. As he started to grow old a new | | | | who lived considerably longer than any other |
| topic entered his mind. how to prolong one's life. | | | | community on the face of the earth. |
| He found a community of people who lived in the | | | | |