I began a raw food body detoxification (colon cleanse) on May 31st, and I haven’t been able to eliminate much waste/mucoid plaque specifically, since I began. I’ve been drinking the Psyllium & Bentonite shakes once a day before bed, and increased it to twice a day yesterday morning to see quicker results. Any tips of raw foods I could eat to increase bowel movements, exercises, other advice, etc? Thanks.

Okay, so I am in the midst of losing weight by dieting and exercising. I read many different websites about the benefits of colon cleansing when dieting and how it can help you to lose weight more (not profoundly though). Most of the websites said that there is a type of "Plaque" that accumulates within your body from all the bad junk you have eaten in your life. And if you do a colon cleaning / detox treatment, after so long you may poop out a long string of plaque from your body cleaning itself. I also read that there are harmful parasites that live within this "plaque" and a lot of times they are the reason why some people have a hard time losing weight. Because the parasites take all the "good" nutrients and leave you with the bad.

Now I went to the Dr. about weight loss and dieting and asked him about colon cleansing, but he laughed and said that was a myth.

Has anyone ever had this done and did end up removing the "plaque" from your body?

I have been having some skin problems over the last year, after I quit smoking and drinking. I have read that I most likely have plaque and toxins built up in intestine/colon. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks

i mean surely if were all running around with parasites and all this plaque in our bowels we’d all be ill.

Ok I am fasting for the first time in my life to get on the right track to a healthier lifestyle.. Ive been fasting for a little over a week and have been reading a lot about it. I read about this REALLY nasty stuff that comes out of your colon when you are fasting. Its supposed to be all the gunk that has been stuck in there for a looooong time. Well after reading this I couldnt be more excited to get it out of my body. So I decided I will stop the fast after I poo this stuff out, My question is: how long into the fast is this supposed to happen?
Thanks for your time…

Some pictures from a colon cleansing website if you’re interested:

http://www.detox-cleanse.com/colon-cleansing-kit-mucoid-plaque-photos.htm

I keep hearing that the colon stores ‘plaque’ and old fecal matter, toxins etc. on the intestinal walls that can stay there for years. Is it true? Is it a good idea to do a colon cleanse, water or juice fast or enema to clean it out? Please be descriptive and don’t just say yes or no. Thanks for your help!
I’ve never been so grateful for an answer before. Thank you SO much to all the Doctors that contributed and saved me from an unpleasant and costly experience! I can’t choose a best answer because all three of you gave comprehensive answers. I guess I’ll just put it to a vote and give you all thumbs up! Thanks again!

I have been having some skin problems over the last year, after I quit smoking and drinking. I have read that I most likely have plaque and toxins built up in intestine/colon. Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks