Scientific evaluation of colonics

[CACTUSJACKmankin]

I recently saw P&T:BS on colon cleansing, which has given me even more reason to laugh a the guy on at 3 AM talking about the dimensions of his daughter's stool (not the kind you sit on). That being said, I was wondering if anybody was aware of any scientific and/or clinical tests of colonics. I do realize it may be a hard thing to test since they say "toxin" but neglect to give any chemical formulas.

[Rob Lister]

Placebo for ten, Alex

[Katana]

I don't get it.

What is it that's being cleaned? Your colon?

Yeah. Let's not forget that its job is to move poo through your body. You wanna hasten that? There are plenty of over-the-counter products that will do that for you.

Oh, and please define "toxin". I'm unclear as to what that is exactly.

:rolleyes:

[porch]

Harvard med link (http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/8513/34968/358752.html?d=dmtContent#evidence)

My summary: A few recognized uses, a whole host of unproven uses, some amount of danger.

Colonic irrigation is proposed to improve mental outlook, modulate the immune system and eliminate toxic substances. Some practitioners suggest that intestinal flora (bacteria that normally live in the intestine) or waste products can affect the entire body's immune system and may therefore be involved with diseases outside of the gastrointestinal tract. It is proposed but unproven that washing away these flora or waste products may have beneficial effects.

There are numerous anecdotes about the benefits of colonic irrigation, although there is limited published scientific research in this area.

[ChristineR]

It's...um, errr, ah...a fetish thing. Some persons get a benefit--I mean a sensation, that they ah, consider to be caused by lack of toxins but is probably caused by, you know. Something else.

[porch]

I don't get it.

What is it that's being cleaned? Your colon?

Yeah. Let's not forget that its job is to move poo through your body. You wanna hasten that? There are plenty of over-the-counter products that will do that for you.

Oh, and please define "toxin". I'm unclear as to what that is exactly.

:rolleyes:

Healthy food with a high content of insoluble fiber is where my OTC dollar goes for both antioxidants and keeping things regular. I like to move it, move it!

eta: and, yeah, I prefer to drink my coffee with my mouth.

[CACTUSJACKmankin]

My summary: A few recognized uses, a whole host of unproven uses, some amount of danger.
They didn't mention prolapse which is something i would expect with the big insertive ones like the one shown in P&T:BS.


BTW if you don't know prolapse is a very nasty condition that often follows habitual anal sex.

[porch]

They didn't mention prolapse...
No, they didn't.

...which is something i would expect with the big insertive ones like the one shown in P&T:BS.
Haven't seen it. Sounds quite sensational, though.

BTW if you don't know prolapse is a very nasty condition that often follows habitual anal sex.
How often is that? Do you have any scientific and/or clinical studies on buttsecks and prolapsed ani? I wouldn't rule it out, but I suspect that rectums might be a bit more resilient than you think.

[Goshawk]

Emedicine (http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic496.htm) doesn't list anal sex as a cause of rectal prolapse.

The one website that I found (http://pedclerk.bsd.uchicago.edu/rectalProlapse.html) that did list anal sex as a cause is a pediatric medicine website; they're talking about rectal prolapse in children under the age of 5.

Which conjures up a pretty horrifying scenario, that I didn't really need to think about...

[fuelair]

I recently saw P&T:BS on colon cleansing, which has given me even more reason to laugh a the guy on at 3 AM talking about the dimensions of his daughter's stool (not the kind you sit on). That being said, I was wondering if anybody was aware of any scientific and/or clinical tests of colonics. I do realize it may be a hard thing to test since they say "toxin" but neglect to give any chemical formulas.
Heck, even Oprah did that (I guess she thought her feces should not be part of The Secret!!)!:D

[fuelair]

No, they didn't.


Haven't seen it. Sounds quite sensational, though.


How often is that? Do you have any scientific and/or clinical studies on buttsecks and prolapsed ani? I wouldn't rule it out, but I suspect that rectums might be a bit more resilient than you think. They must be - I see so many of them still posting on CT and religion threads!!!

[Senex]

I recently saw P&T:BS on colon cleansing, which has given me even more reason to laugh a the guy on at 3 AM talking about the dimensions of his daughter's stool (not the kind you sit on).

As a person who often falls asleep with the TV on I am an expert on that infomercial (I'm too darn lazy too get off my ass at 3AM even when the guy on TV is saying a person my age has 5 pounds of poop stuck to his intestines. The guy selling baseball cards, swords and coins gets me to my feet because they scream. The guys who sell the secret to selling real estate for no money down get me to my feet because they are evil. This guy makes me shrug my shoulders and shut my eyes again wiating for the 5AM news to start.

A couple of months ago a buddy of mine I play racquetball with told me he needed to lose weight quick and was buying it. I told him as long as he didn't expect any unofficial court time timeouts I had no opinion. I'll ask him tomorrow how it came out :D

[Senex]

My racquetball buddy bailed on me today. When I asked him about the colon cleansing he said his wife wouldn't let him.

:confused: Don't think I didn't make a whipping sound. (That's what us single guys do) :)