“I know from nearly 30 years of experience that a client’s attitude about surgery—their mindset—has a profound impact on outcomes,” she says. “So I encourage my clients to gather information and connect with internal resources in a way that will truly serve their interests. Some people need a lot of information— from their surgeon, from nurses, and from others who are knowledgeable—so they can fully prepare themselves, mentally, physically, and emotionally, for the coming journey. If a client lacks confidence or a sense of comfort with a member of the surgical team, that’s an issue that needs to be addressed.

“My observation is that our emotions can and often do over-ride our physical presence. Ideally, our clients approach surgery with a confident sense that they are going to have a positive and healing outcome. Often, I will do extensive muscle therapy with clients in advance of coming surgery, to help prepare them both physically and emotionally.” And, says Ms. Holloway, there is the issue of diet. “I encourage my clients to abstain from heavy foods well before surgery.

Drugs are inevitably part of surgery, and they frequently induce constipation. Drugs affect people in different ways—there are few constants. So I encourage clients prior to surgery to monitor their nutrient, vitamin, and mineral intake, to strengthen the immune system to cope with the coming surgical event. I recommend this close attention to diet and supplementation for at least two weeks prior to surgery; longer is even better. On an individual basis, I might also recommend fasting for 24 hours prior to surgery, along with colon hydrotherapy to flush out the colon. How uncomfortable it is to be constipated and at the same time be dealing with a surgical incision!”

Post-Surgical Concerns

Hospital personnel typically want a patient to move their bowels before they are released, Ms. Holloway notes, and for some procedures—on the gall bladder or prostate, for example—“it’s difficult to accomplish this for some time after surgery. In those cases, it’s especially important to be cleaned out and properly nourished going into the procedure.

“Six to eight weeks after surgery, we urge our clients to come in for detoxification, so we can move the residual drugs from their system. We do that in a number of ways: through diet, detox supplements, colon hydrotherapy, lymphatic massage, and Ion cleanse. It’s essential to get these drugs, which served their purpose during surgery, out of the body as completely as possible, and to resume a healthy regimen of vitamins, supplements, good diet, and colon health.”

While she and her colleagues offer numerous healing therapies, Ms. Holloway is best known for her work in colon irrigation – or colon hydrotherapy—a safe, effective method of cleansing the large intestine by gently flushing with filtered water.

“We certainly do not diagnose illnesses in our practice, and I would never suggest that colon hydrotherapy helps cure colon cancer or any other disease,” she says, “but colonic therapy clearly offers significant preventive and ameliorative benefits for many health problems including cancer.”

For more information about colon hydrotherapy and other natural health therapies offered at the center, contact:
ALTERNATIVE HEALTH CENTER OF CARY
919 Kildaire Farm Road
Cary, NC 27511
Telephone: (919) 380-0023

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“We do not live in the natural world as we used to. We live in a society that increases the toxic load on our bodies every day,” explains Darlene Holloway, LMBT, CT, SIT, the owner of Alternative Health Center of Cary and the president of North Carolina Colon  Hydrotherapy Safety Association. “Colon cancer is one of the leading causes of death in the United States. We are what we eat and drink. Read the labels of all those boxed processed foods that we bring back home from the grocery store. They are full of chemicals. Our fruits and vegetables absorb all the pesticides and artificial fertilizers they were sprayed with. Our body is not designed to process chemicals. Our body is designed to process food. Man-made chemicals effectively confuse our digestive system and as a result are stored in the body.”

According to Holloway, most “cleansing” pills on the market are composed of herbs, fiber and laxative compounds.  When the fiber enters into the colon it will swell, absorbing all the water content in the colon.  This can lead to constipation and is the reason why the laxatives are added to expel the fiber.  Over use of laxatives will lead to constipation, so the pictures of gross stuff you see on the websites that promote their “cleansing” products are not actually captured and expelled toxins, but the fiber compound itself.

“Colon Hydrotherapy”, continues Holloway, “is the best, simplest, and the most ancient way of detoxification.”

Colon Hydrotherapy is a very old practice. Ayurveda, a five thousand year old wellness system from India, recommends Basti, an Ayurvedic form of Colon Hydrotherapy, as a part of seasonal cleansing along with special diet and massages.

According to Egyptian texts, it was presented to a High Priest by Thoth, the god of medicine, who turned into Ibis, took the water into his beak and injected it into the anus.

“Colon hydrotherapy is simply a cleansing of the large intestine,” says Holloway. “The large intestine is five to six feet long, and two to five inchs in diameter. Even during a normal bowl movement the remains can be trapped in sacks of the colon and start decaying and fermenting. It then turns into a liquid substance that is highly toxic, and can be re-absorbed into the body causing headaches, fatigue, low back pain; the list goes on and on,”  she continues. “You would not tolerate a sewer system that leaks back in your house. Don’t let it happen to your body.”

Cancer centers in America are now including Colon Hydrotherapy as a part of the treatment. Danbury Hospital in Connecticut uses it for prep in colon scopes.

Properly trained colon hydrotherapists assess the client based on their diet, emotional state, and medical history. The initial series includes one to three sessions, with maintenance visits 4 times a year.

Colon hydrotherapy is a useful tool for many reasons, including  preparing a person for surgery, preparing for a colon scope, flushing out toxins after chemotherapy, preventive therapy, detoxification, or just to tone a “lazy” colon. Research shows that colon hydrotherapy does not kill friendly flora.

Darlene has recently been recognized as colon hydrotherapist of the year by the Interational Association for Colon Hydrotherapy (I-ACT).  As president of the North Carolina Colon  Hydrotherapy Safety Association, she  is involved in working towards licensing for  colon therapy in the state of North Carolina. She holds licenses in both Florida and North Carolina for massage.  She holds the highest degree with I-ACT as an instructor, and is National Board certified.  With 30 years of experience in colon therapy and massage, she is one of the most experienced and educated women in her field.

For more information contact:

Darlene Holloway, LMBT, CT, SIT,  Alternative Health Center of Cary.  (919) 380-0023

http://www.ahealthcenter.net/

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She has taken her work as a colon hydrotherapist to the highest level, and was recently recognized as Colon Therapist of the Year by the International Association for Colon Hydrotherapy.

“Balance is a key issue in achieving health for the body,” she notes, “and over time I’ve become ever more aware of the link between the mind, the emotions, and our physical health, and the balancing act that goes on in those three arenas of life.”

Recently a middle-age woman on hormone replacement therapy under the guidance of her physician was referred to Ms. Holloway because of chronic constipation. Under her doctor’s direction, she had been taking laxatives for several months with limited success. “Actually,” says Ms. Holloway, “she was completely out of balance in all parts of her life: no bowel movements, poor eating habits, virtually no exercise, and emotional distress. And she was holding on, refusing to let go.

“So we began the colon hydrotherapy protocol, and our objective was to get her colon moving. In our second therapy session, she began to weep—and she loosened her grip on her personal demons. Years earlier, she revealed, she had been sexually abused. For years she harbored anger, resentment, and shame that she never expressed—not even to herself. But when she very haltingly began to talk about this, she did begin to let go—and her bowels started moving. I’m a great believer in the benefits of colon hydrotherapy, and I also respect and honor the non-physical dimensions of what is often happening in the human body. I referred this woman to a psychologist; we continue to work together, and today she would agree she is much healthier in all parts of her life.

“Our purpose with colon hydrotherapy,” she says, “in terms of physical goals, is to hydrate the system, remove waste, stimulate peristalsis—muscle movement—rehabilitate the nerves, muscles, glands, circulatory, and immune systems that form the components of the digestive system, and to reposition the intestines.

“I certainly would never suggest that colon hydrotherapy helps cure colon cancer or any other disease,” she says, “but it clearly offers significant preventive benefits for many health problems including cancer.

“Everything we put in our mouth touches and effects the walls of the stomach, small intestine, and colon—the large intestine. When these substances or their by-products are toxic—which increasingly is virtually impossible to avoid—they damage the intestinal wall and cells, intoxicate the nerves and glands, and can be absorbed through the walls into the blood and lymph and ultimately to the cells and tissue. And we become seriously out of balance.”

Health care professionals in increasing numbers are recognizing the health benefits of colon irrigation, Ms. Holloway says. “Dr. Robert Young, a respected microbiologist, has a lot to say about colon health in his book, The pH Miracle. He points out in his book that ‘the colon is very sensitive. Any injury, surgery, or other stress, including emotional upset and negative thinking, can change its friendly resident bacteria as well as its general ability to function smoothly and efficiently. Incomplete digestion here sets the stage for intestinal imbalance throughout the digestive tract, and for the colon to become a literal cesspool.’” Dr. Young’s work centers on the need to maintain pH balance in the body between acid and base, principally through the foods we choose to eat.

Many people seek out colon hydrotherapy for relief of a variety of ills, from headaches to arthritis, lupus to chronic fatigue. And, points out Ms. Holloway, “there is a strong emotional-spiritual component to this work, as well. For many, such as the patient I mentioned, a colonic is an opportunity to ‘let go,’ and they have a sense of release that is both physical and emotional.”

For more information about colon hydrotherapy and other therapies offered at the center, contact:
ALTERNATIVE HEALTH CENTER OF CARY
919 Kildaire Farm Road
Cary, NC 27511
Telephone: (919) 380-0023
Visit our web site: AHealthCenter.net
Read our blog: Colon Cleanse NC

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“Our purpose with colon hydrotherapy, in terms of physical goals, is to hydrate the system, remove waste, stimulate peristalsis—muscle movement—rehabilitate the nerves, muscles, glands, and circulatory and immune systems that form the components of the digestive system, and to reposition the intestines,” she explains. “We certainly do not diagnose illnesses in our practice, and I would never suggest that colon hydrotherapy helps cure colon cancer or any other disease,” she says, “but colonic therapy clearly offers significant preventive and ameliorative benefits for many health problems including cancer.

“Everything we put in our mouth touches and effects the walls of the stomach, small intestine, and colon—the large intestine. When these substances or their by-products are toxic—which increasingly is virtually impossible to avoid—they damage the intestinal wall and cells, intoxicate the nerves and glands, and can be absorbed through the walls into the blood and lymph and ultimately to the cells and tissue.”

Many people seek out colon hydrotherapy for relief of a variety of ills, from headaches to arthritis, lupus to chronic fatigue. And, points out Ms. Holloway, “there is a strong emotional-spiritual component to this work, as well. For many, a colonic is an opportunity to ‘let go,’ and they have a sense of release that is both physical and emotional. Occasionally, I work with women who are the victims of sexual abuse—often long suppressed— and in many instances colonic therapy proves to be a ‘letting go’ for them, as well.”

Colon Therapist of the Year

Ms. Holloway is a graduate of the Florida Institute of Natural Health-Florida School of Massage, in practice since 1981, and is licensed in Florida both as a colonic therapist and massage therapist—the only state, she notes, that requires licensing of colonic therapists “offering the most rigorous and highest level of training available in this specialty area.” She also holds the highest instructor-level membership in the International Association of Colon Therapists, and is certified by the National Board of Colon Hydrotherapy. Recently, that organization presented Ms. Holloway with its first Colon Therapist of the Year Award, recognizing three decades of outstanding service to the profession.

“In my training and my work,” she says, “I have come to deeply understand the strong beneficial relationship between massage and colonic therapy. The colon is simply a muscle, and as with any muscle, without proper exercise it becomes lazy and less active. When I work with a client during colon hydrotherapy, gentle massaging of the abdominal area, following the direction of the colon, is an important part of the process. The goal is detoxification— to move toxins out of the system. The colon needs to be actively involved to do that. Peristalsis refers to the muscle motion of the entire gastrointestinal tract that in rhythmic contractions and expansions propels matter from mouth to anus. Peristalsis needs high fluids, plenty of physical exercise, living food, and a harmonious emotional and mental state in order to function properly.”

For more information about colon hydrotherapy and other therapies offered at the center, contact:
ALTERNATIVE HEALTH CENTER OF CARY
919 Kildaire Farm Road
Cary, NC 27511
Telephone: (919) 380-0023
Visit our web site: Alternative Health Center of Cary
Read our blog: Colon Cleanse NC

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“A lot of damage”, – answers Denise Souza, a certified Colon Hydrotherapist, who holds a  Degree in Holistic Nutrition, – “Poor food choices lead to poor digestion , inadequate absorption, slow elimination and potentially constipation.”

And if you think that constipation is just one of the minor annoying facts of life, you might want to reconsider.

“The large intestine is where all the toxins and debri from the food and body functions end up. There is a part of colon where toxins can be reabsorbed back into the blood stream. It happens when the waste sits in the colon for too long. It goes back into the blood stream, and back into the liver. The liver becomes overworked, its function becomes sluggish and it can not clean our bodies as efficiently as it would under the normal circumstances. Inadequate elimination also allows the bad bacteria to proliferate.  By choosing a poor diet you slowly poison yourself and have absorption issues.”- explains Denise, a founder of Body Symmetry.

Poor dietary choices and improper elimination have been linked to various symptoms like bloating and headaches through diabetes and heart disease.

“In an ideal situation, my clients would not come to me in crisis, but rather for prevention and maintenance. Many people do come for colonics as a preventative once a month or with the changes of the season (3-4 colonics sessions).”

What is Colon hydrotherapy? The large intestine is bathed with warm, filtered water; the pressure and temperature are regulated by a trained Colon Hydrotherapist. There are various systems, Denise prefers the closed system. The water inflow is separate from the out flow of waste and the waste is always contained with in the equipment.

As North Carolina does not license Colon Hydrotherapist yet it is important for consumer to check credentials. I-ACT, the International Association for Colon Hydrotherapy provides certification and requires various levels of training for therapists.

Denise Souza also coaches her clients in a proper diet. As without proper diet any detoxification process is absolutely pointless.

She starts her consultation with setting achievable goals and muscle testing for food tolerance.

“Not everybody is the same, but we all eat the same. The point of food tolerance testing is to find out if our body properly processes the food we eat? I sit with the client and find what works best, we put together a plan. Sometimes the changes are too overwhelming, so I set up the plan where transition is made gradually. We start with food groups or meals. And after the client sees results we make more changes to the diet”

Who might benefit from colon therapy and diet consultations:

• People who went through chemotherapy – to eliminate toxins and get back in shape
• People who are overwhelmed by food restrictions imposed by their doctors
• Those who want to maintain a healthy weight
• People with digestion problems
• People who are looking for a healthy lifestyle
• People who need detoxification
• And even people with liver disorders like Alagille syndrome can keep their biliary in check with proper colonic maintenance and diet

And for those who are too stressed to make any dietary changes, Denis makes house calls where she shows how to cook tasty meals in a new way with new food.

“My passion is to educate people. I do cooking classes for small groups, for those who want to find new healthy ways to cook. I bring food, cook, clean, and give handouts.”

Denise Souza can be reached at:

919-600-8840

Free classes every 3^rd Monday at Earth Fare.

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