Christopher Vasey - Freedom from Constipation: Natural Remedies for Digestive Health

Praise for other books by Christopher Vasey, N.D.

If you are plagued by any of the disorders or discomforts ranging from lack of energy to dry skin or from hair loss to arthritis... then you will want to read The Acid-Alkaline Diet for Optimum Health at your first opportunity to improve your health.

THE MIDWEST BOOK REVIEW

The only word for Christopher Vaseys The Naturopathic Way is brilliant. It is the best overview of the naturopathic approach to healing that I have read.

STEPHEN HARROD BUHNER, AUTHOR OF THE SECRET TEACHINGS OF PLANTS

Christopher Vasey has once again written an important book that advances our understanding of health and gives readers a clear approach to detoxification that far surpasses the majority of books in this realm. Optimal Detox is a concise, readable, and practical book that puts the power to heal into your own hands. Highly recommended.

MARC DAVID, NUTRITIONAL PSYCHOLOGIST, FOUNDER OFTHE INSTITUTE FOR THE PSYCHOLOGY OF EATING,AND AUTHOR OF THE SLOW DOWN DIET ANDNOURISHING WISDOM

Christopher Vasey, N.D., perfectly explains the major importance of a well-balanced biological terrain as well as the need to control the effects of external pollutants and internal pollutants. Optimal Detox offers the tools to live a healthier and more youthful life. I highly recommend this book.

YANN ROUGIER, M.D., AUTHOR OF DELTA MEDICINE ANDFOUNDING MEMBER OF THE INSTITUTE FOR APPLIEDNEURONUTRITION AND NEUROSCIENCES

There is so much to know about cleansing your body of toxins, and somehow Christopher Vasey makes it simple to understand. Optimal Detox is a good follow-up to his book The Acid-Alkaline Diet for Optimum Health, and both are excellent resource books for professionals and everyday people who simply want to live a healthier life and detoxify from all the toxins in our environment and processed foods.

LOTUS GUIDE MAGAZINE

Natural Remedies for Inflammation contains very valuable information. The author has provided the background of each herb and its dose for a particular health condition. It is easy to read and will serve as a useful source of information for those who are interested in herbal remedies for inflammation.

KEDAR N. PRASAD, PH.D., COAUTHOR OF FIGHTING CANCER WITH VITAMINS AND ANTIOXIDANTS

Enthusiastic applause for the combined efforts of Dr. Vasey and the late Mrs. Brandt! Give The Detox Mono Diet your full attention, and you will have the foundation for success in self-healing.

CARRIE LESPERANCE, AUTHOR OF THE SEASONAL DETOX DIET AND SOUL BREATHING

Detoxification is the missing link in Western nutrition, and fasting/juice cleansing is a pure and safe form (over water fasting) of detoxification. Dr. Vaseys very informative book brings light to this vital process through one of the first approaches to cleansing, Johanna Brandts Grape Cure. There are so many people and so many health conditions that can benefit from this natural health approach found in The Detox Mono Diet.

ELSON M. HAAS, M.D., THE DETOX DOC, AUTHOR OF THE DETOX DIETAND STAYING HEALTHY WITH NUTRITION

Introduction

The purpose of this book is to help the reader discover the likely causes of his or her constipation and the best means to remediate them.

Too many people suffering from constipation are satisfied to take one or another of the large number of remediesnatural or notthat are on the market today. But generally they take these preparations without knowing if the remedies truly correspond to their needs or to the cause of their suffering. Moreover, in the majority of cases these remedies treat the effectsand not the originof the problem. Thus, remedies such as laxatives are not really a solution to constipation. They do not attack the root of the problem, which lies in the patients lifestyle.

Like all organs, the intestines can only function effectively when they are used properly. It is of primary importance to consider the habits of a person suffering from constipation. The persons lifestyle must be examined carefully to discover and correct the causes of her or his constipation.

While the first part of this book explains what constipation is and how the intestines function, the second part of the bookand the most importantfocuses on the lifestyle practices that are the causes of this health problem.

There are eight major causes of constipation:

• lack of roughage
• lack of water
• a sluggish liver
• the ingestion of foods or medications that cause constipation
• muscle weakness
• an imbalance of the intestinal flora
• stress
• nutritional deficiencies

Each of these causes is the subject of its own chapter in part 2. Practical suggestions in each chapter for addressing the cause will make it possible to immediately begin relieving the painful condition of constipation. By following the advice provided, readers can support the work of their intestines instead of thwarting them. The intestines will gradually resume their working rhythm, and constipation will vanish.

Part 3 offers several dynamic practices for emptying the intestines: laxatives, purges, and enemas. Here we leave the domain of healthy lifestyle and enter the realm of therapeutic action. This is only an antisymptom therapy, which provides the patient relief by emptying all that is a burden but does not attack the causes that have led to this accumulation. The basic treatment for constipation consists in eliminating its causes by adopting a healthy lifestyle that conforms to the needs of the intestines.