A little over 10 years ago, Gwyneth Paltrow preached the amazing benefits of a super-restrictive and super-expensive colon cleanse. Suddenly, more people became interested in detoxing their colon, ...

Whether they're buying products or seeing an alternative medicine practitioner, some people are emptying out their colons in hopes of improving their health. Some are using do-it-yourself colon ...

If you’re looking for a way to boost your energy levels, reduce bloating, support your weight loss journey and improve digestive health, the answer may just lie in your colon. A colon cleanse could be ...

New research says no, but proponents say yes. Aug. 1, 2011— -- Beyonce reportedly does it. So do Kim and Khloe Kardashian. What's the fad these and other celebrities have embraced? Colon ...

How clean is your colon? If you’re tempted to find out by getting a colon cleanse, don’t bother. You’re quite likely to develop complications from the procedure and there’s no evidence that flushing ...

Is colon cleansing dangerous? originally appeared on Quora: the place to gain and share knowledge, empowering people to learn from others and better understand the world. Answer by Keck Medicine of ...

Celebs and rich housewives of Orange County, New Jersey and everywhere in between swear by colonics, claiming they purify the body and are not unlike sipping from the fountain of youth. Some even rely ...

To read the Internet ads, you’d think that our bodies were awash in “toxins” -- usually unspecified -- and that we should therefore go to dramatic lengths, such as “colon cleansing” and chelation, to ...

You may be flushing more than your waste and your wallet down the toilet with a colon cleanse. Your health could be circling the drain, too, according to a new study released today in the Journal of ...

Some of the body’s most important work takes place in one of the least talked-about locations: the colon. A healthy colon helps the body absorb nutrients from the foods we eat. It also helps eliminate ...

To read the Internet ads, you’d think that our bodies were awash in “toxins” -- usually unspecified -- and that we should therefore go to dramatic lengths, such as “colon cleansing” and chelation, to ...