Elimination quiz

Is Your Elimination System part of the Problem

Place a 1, 2, or 3 to all that apply

1 = mild or occasionally

2 = moderate or often

3 = severe or almost all the time

___ Coated or fuzzy debris on tongue

___ Foul smelling gas or bowel movements

___ Alternating constipation and diarrhea

___ Irritable bowel, mucous, colitis, or lower abdominal pain

___ Bowel movements painful/ difficult

___ History or currently constipated

___ Bouts of diarrhea

___ Burning or itching anus

___ History of yeast infections

___ Use of antibiotics, birth control pills, steroid hormones or estrogens

___ Skin eruptions/bumps, psoriasis or eczema

___ Stool is small hard and dry

___ Jock itch, fungus underneath nails

___ Use laxatives

___ Eat refined, processed, fast foods

___ Coffee needed to start bowel movements

___ Do you struggle with hemmoroids

Total score: _______

ü As we said before, it’s NOT “you are what you eat” but rather it’s “you are what you absorb and what you DON”T eliminate.

ü Poor elimination causes internal pollution…”the solution to pollution is dilution”

ü Water is critical in helping keep the bowels moving.

Results:

1 – 4 Your large intestine (colon) does NOT seem to be a problem

5 – 9 Your large intestine may be in jeopardy. You may want to add some additional fiber and probiotics to your diet and reduce the refined sugars in your diet.

10 plus Internal pollution as a result of poor elimination is a major problem that needs to be addressed. Additional fiber, probiotics and more water will help. A colon cleanse would be recommended to help get the bowels moving. If there is a history of antibiotics, birth control pills, steroid hormones and poor diet…I would recommend a yeast/parasite cleanse. Do NOT begin a cleanse without first strengthening your adrenals first…this will reduce the negative effects caused by most cleanses. Additional magnesium would help keep the bowels moving.

Tips to Improve Your Elimination Function:

ü Fiber is needed to pull out the toxins and poisons from our body. Fiber is like the railroad carts…they carry out the toxins from our body.

ü Before beginning a good cleanse to help get your bowels moving…make sure your digestive system is functioning well.

ü A good cleanse to overcome constipation and stay regular should include lots of water, fiber, raw fruits and veggies…and less or NO processed refined white sugar and flour.

ü A yeast/parasite cleanse is different than a cleanse to move the bowel…the goal is to eliminate the overgrowth of yeast, fungus, candida and parasites that have overgrown in your large intestines.

ü Yeast/parasite overgrowth is a huge problem and effects more women than man for two simple reasons. First, women take birth control pills – men don’t.

ü Second, women use more antibiotics than men. Birth control, antibiotics, and steroid hormones kill off the “good” bacteria that lines our intestines and allows the overgrowth of the harmful “bad” bacteria.

ü The overgrowth of the “bad” bacteria pollutes our bodies from the inside.

ü The trillion cells of bacteria in our intestines do many things…

o they digest our food

o they make our B vitamins

o they account for up to 70% of our immune system…VERY IMPORTANT

o Simply stated, the bacteria in our intestines digest our food and “pop” it out…the ones that “pop” out or excrete waste material that is good or beneficial for our body we call “good” bacteria. The ones that “pop” out waste material that are harmful or toxic to our body we call “bad” bacteria.

ü We should have lots more of the “good” bacteria, than the “bad” unfortunately the use of antibiotics, birth control pills, steroid hormones and poor dietary choices contribute to an imbalance of the “good” and “bad” bacteria.

ü There are specific herbs to help eliminate the bad bacteria (garlic, oregano, grapefruit seed, black walnut, caprylic acid, pau d’arco, etc)