What Does The Colon Do?

Your colon: that important part of your digestive system that you really didn’t know was that important. If most people were asked, “What does the colon do?” many wouldn’t have a clue how to answer. Even fewer would be able to tell you the problems that an unhealthy colon can cause. To maintain good health, you body has to be able to properly process food and eliminate harmful toxins from itself. Enter the colon.

The colon’s main job is:

• To extract the last bit of water from your food
• Absorb nutrients
• Absorb electrolytes
• Dispose of toxins
• Remove body waste

The technical stuff

You colon forms the lower part of your Gastrointestinal tract – the large intestine, rectum and anus. It starts at the cecum (where your small intestine connects to the large intestine) rectum. It’s comprised of the ascending colon, transverse colon, descending colon and sigmoid flexure. The first part of the colon is responsible for absorbing nutrients and electrolytes while the latter part is for excreting body wastes.

So what happens when my colon is unhappy?

When your colon isn’t functioning as it should, your body isn’t able to absorb nutrients and dispose of toxins as well is it should be able to. This can cause a whole host of problems ranging from bloating and constipation to things as serious as colon cancer. When the colon ain’t happy, ain’t no body happy.

Take care of your colon.

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So go pour yourself a tall glass of prune juice get on a nice colon cleansing diet and make a toast to a clean colon and a long happy life!