Constipation and Minerals

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Here's something interesting about the relationship between minerals

(from ocean sea salt) and constipation, from " The Long Hallow Tube - A Primer

on Digestion: _http://www.healingnaturallybybee.com/articles/dig15.php_

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" In a fascinating book called Salt Deficiency: The Cause of All Serious

Diseases, author Martin J. Lara describes the importance of unrefined salt in

providing all the trace minerals the body needs. Lara contends that the result

of trace mineral deficiencies is constipation because the body holds the

fiber-rich waste in the colon so that it can ferment, a process that releases

trace minerals the body needs.

 

While fermentation is taking place, the body continues to remove water from

the feces, resulting in hard and impacted stools. Most textbooks now

recognize that some fiber is broken down by fermentation in the colon.

 

Lara explains that when a person is deficient in minerals, particularly

trace minerals, he does not retain enough of the liquids he drinks—instead of

hydrating the body, water is quickly eliminated via the kidneys. This is

another

reason the body retains feces in the bowel, in order to extract as much

water as possible.

 

Lara describes a condition he calls partial constipation, which is often

unrecognized because an individual with this condition may still have regular

bowel movements. However, waste material can remain in the colon several days

before it is eliminated, undergoing fermentation and compaction due to the

removal of water.

 

One sign of partial constipation is strong smelling urine, especially in the

morning. Colonic irrigations can provide temporary relief from this

condition, but they do not solve the problem.

 

A strong sphincter muscle (called the inner sphincter) separates the lower

part of the colon (called the sigmoid colon) from the rectum. Under normal

conditions, feces pass through the rectum only during bowel movements.

 

When the sigmoid colon enlarges after years of carrying large amounts of

feces undergoing fermentation, the inner sphincter becomes weak due to the

pressure and the feces normally stored in the colon descend into the rectum, a

condition that leads to autointoxication. The colon absorbs only water and

small

compounds like mineral ions, but the rectum is very absorptive, which is why

medicines work when given as suppositories.

 

Furthermore, the blood that absorbs nutrients from the small and large

intestines goes into the liver where toxins can be neutralized. However, since

the

rectum is not designed to store waste, the blood that leaves this organ does

not go into the liver; thus toxins enter the blood stream and are carried to

other organs, including the head, heart and lungs. Lara's solution: always

use unrefined sea salt on your food plus take 2 grams of sea salt in a mug of

warm water every morning for complete and easy elimination. "

 

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