| Checking Your Colon Transit Time |
| Russell Mariani Digestive Wellness Counselor Author, Healing Digestive Illness |
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According to many natural health doctors and therapists, normal colon transit time is a most
important indicator of our overall health and well-being. Our body is designed to digest, absorb
and assimilate the nutrients from our food primarily through the actions taking place in the mouth,
stomach and small intestines. By the time our digested meals reach the colon, they are largely
waste material (called feces). The ideal transit time is 18 to 24 hours after the completion of any
meal. Sometimes it can be less than 18 hours, especially with vegetarians, but it should not be
less than 12 hours. If less than 12 hours you could be suffering from mal-absorption syndrome,
other forms of IBS or IBD or even Crohn's disease. (IBS stands for Irritable Bowel Syndrome and
IBD stands for Inflammatory Bowel Disease) Checking to see if this is happening in your body is
easy.
Less than 18 hours may indicate a condition of mal-absorption. More than 30 hours indicates a
sluggish colon and some degree of constipation. Many people have one bowel movement a day,
and assume they are not constipated, but never realize that the waste material in that bowel
movement may have been sitting in their colon for two or three days or more. When toxic waste
material lingers too long inside our body (colon mostly) the opportunity for problems increases
dramatically. The good news is that restoring normal transit time and maintaining the health and
vitality of our digestive systems, is one of the surest paths to a lifetime of optimum health and
well-being.
Go to the supermarket and purchase three or four medium sized organic red beets. Wash them
and steam them until they are ready to eat. Chew thoroughly. Take note of the time you finished
eating the beets. Start looking for a dark brown-red color in your next bowel movement. Note the
time, the organic red beets turn up in your toilet bowl. This will give you your colon transit time.
Let me know what your transit time is via email. We will discuss what to do next based on this
evaluation.
Be prepared to have a reddish coloration also show up in your urine as a result of eating red
beets. Do not be alarmed. Thanks for your willingness to try new things, and to become more
proactive in your own self care.
Last edited on January 19, 2007
To learn more, read Healing Digestive Illness by Russell Mariani. Thank-you.
important indicator of our overall health and well-being. Our body is designed to digest, absorb
and assimilate the nutrients from our food primarily through the actions taking place in the mouth,
stomach and small intestines. By the time our digested meals reach the colon, they are largely
waste material (called feces). The ideal transit time is 18 to 24 hours after the completion of any
meal. Sometimes it can be less than 18 hours, especially with vegetarians, but it should not be
less than 12 hours. If less than 12 hours you could be suffering from mal-absorption syndrome,
other forms of IBS or IBD or even Crohn's disease. (IBS stands for Irritable Bowel Syndrome and
IBD stands for Inflammatory Bowel Disease) Checking to see if this is happening in your body is
easy.
Less than 18 hours may indicate a condition of mal-absorption. More than 30 hours indicates a
sluggish colon and some degree of constipation. Many people have one bowel movement a day,
and assume they are not constipated, but never realize that the waste material in that bowel
movement may have been sitting in their colon for two or three days or more. When toxic waste
material lingers too long inside our body (colon mostly) the opportunity for problems increases
dramatically. The good news is that restoring normal transit time and maintaining the health and
vitality of our digestive systems, is one of the surest paths to a lifetime of optimum health and
well-being.
Go to the supermarket and purchase three or four medium sized organic red beets. Wash them
and steam them until they are ready to eat. Chew thoroughly. Take note of the time you finished
eating the beets. Start looking for a dark brown-red color in your next bowel movement. Note the
time, the organic red beets turn up in your toilet bowl. This will give you your colon transit time.
Let me know what your transit time is via email. We will discuss what to do next based on this
evaluation.
Be prepared to have a reddish coloration also show up in your urine as a result of eating red
beets. Do not be alarmed. Thanks for your willingness to try new things, and to become more
proactive in your own self care.
Last edited on January 19, 2007
To learn more, read Healing Digestive Illness by Russell Mariani. Thank-you.
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