Colon Cleansing: Probing Questions, Repulsive Answers
Show notes courtesy Stacey Baker:
The basic idea behind colon cleansing is that our bodies don’t eliminate waste efficiently enough, causing a poisonous backup of toxins, which many consider to be the root of all disease. Proponents recommend cleansing the colon with laxative products, fasts, or colonic irrigation.
In this episode of Curiosity Aroused, Dr. Harriet Hall answers common questions about colon cleanses. What are the purported benefits of cleansing? Does evidence support improved health and well-being? Is it risky? Will you find a McDonald’s hamburger that’s been stuck in there for years? Is your enemy’s enema your friend?
Harriet Hall, the “Skepdoc”, is a retired family physician, former airforce flight surgeon, founder of Science Based Medicine Blog, contributor to Skeptic and Skeptical Inquirer, medical advisor on Quackwatch, and O Magazine’s newest columnist. She authored a book about her background as a female flight surgeon called Women Aren’t Supposed to Fly.
Relevant Links:
Colon Hydrotherapy Cleansing for Dummies
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kL6GIe-iu8
Dr. David Gorski’s article “Colon Cleanses”: A Load of You Know What…
http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/?p=88
Harriet Hall discusses alternative medicine in The One True Cause of All Disease
http://www.sciencebasedmedicine.org/?p=3067
The Skepdoc Website
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