Constipation

Constipation by Djehuty Ma'at-Ra If there is one health problem all Americans have in common, it would undoubtedly have to be constipation. Yes, constipation! More than 90% of Americans are constipated. Constipation plays a major role in obesity which is an American epidemic these days. The English medical term "constipation" derives from a Latin word constipare which means "to crowd together." Mosby's Medical Dictionary, 3rd edition, p. 298. Constipation occurs when the stools are "crowded together" in the colon. Medically speaking, constipation is defined as: "Difficulty in passing stools or an incomplete or infrequent passage of hard stools. There are many causes, both organic and functional. Among the organic causes are intestinal obstruction, diverticulitis, and tumors. Functional impairment of the colon may occur in elderly or bedridden patients (persons) who fail to respond to the urge to defecate. Ibid. The thing that should mentally stick out pertaining to constipation is "hard stools." Question: what would make the stools hard? Evidently, the stools are supposed to be soft. Soft is the opposite of the word "hard." The opposite of hard stools is soft stools. Since hard stools causes constipation, then soft stools reverses constipation. Basic mathematics (common sense)! Now what causes the stools to become hard or hardened? Answer: diet in general and the Standard American Diet in particular which contains excessive meat (slaughtered animal flesh/carcass), dairy products (cow snot/pus/mucus), and starches (stiffening agent, glue). And not only is meat, dairy and starches the problem, but cooking and processing them (in addition to fruit and vegetables) poses the biggest problem, because cooking (killing, altering) destroys enzymes (life), especially in plant-based foods such as fruits, vegetables, seeds, nuts, and grains. It is the enzymatic activity of living (raw) foods that causes peristalsis. Peristalsis is the wavelike muscular contractions of the alimentary canal or other tubular structures by which contents are forced onward toward the opening (rectum). When you cook (kill, alter) food, you are killing the enzymes with heat. Enzymes are destroyed at temperatures above 118