Colon Health

A healthy digestive tract will have 2 to 3 bowel movements per day. Most people are not aware of this fact. The time it takes for food to be expelled from the body after it is eaten is called transit time. The shorter the transit time, the less food will putrefy before being expelled from the body. A healthy body will have a transit time of 24 to 48 hours. The average transit time for the Western population is 60 to 100 hours. Because of this slow transit time, the walls of the colon become encrusted with un-eliminated waste. The average person can carry up to 10 pounds of old waste in his/her colon.

If you aren’t having 2 to 3 bowel movements everyday, you should consider yourself constipated. Constipation is when bowel movements are infrequent or difficult. Constipation is a condition warning you that your colon is not working properly.