Colon Cleansing Scam

Hello all. I know I have been a bit slow in keeping this blog up to date, and I apologize for that.  The truth is that I actually have a number of blogs that I try to keep up with in different categories, so trying to keep up with them all can be a bit tough. Some things happened over the last few weeks, however, that have compelled me to write this post.

People scare me sometimes. Not because I am afraid that they are going to attack me, or anything, but because of their determination to blindly follow false beliefs and ideas, no matter how strong the actual evidence to the contrary. I have three examples that I want to share with you that relate to the whole idea of colon cleansing.

Scary incident #1

A friend of Kathy’s is a “health nut”. Not that she lives a healthy lifestyle, based on organic foods, exercise, meditation, balance, etc. No, she is one of those that believes all of the hype about every “miracle” drug and homeopathic “remedy” out there. Obviously, she is a HUGE fan of colon cleansing.  She “cleanses” her colon regularly by whatever means is the biggest fad at the moment, absolutely ignoring all the scientific data that PROVES that colon cleansing is not only not beneficial, but can actually harm you – ESPECIALLY if you do it a lot (which she does).

If that isn’t bad enough, she always felt that what she could do in the U.S. doesn’t do a good enough job, so it was always her dream to be able to go to India where some shaman (or whatever they call which doctors there), could do a “thorough” job, complete with magic incantations, or whatever else it is they do.  She is actually planning a trip to India to do just that!

Now, is it just me, or is this kinda scary?  What would you say to your friend who wanted to do this?  Her own mother could not talk her out of it, so she asked Kathy to help.  Now, I have nothing against India, per se. I do, however, have something against stupidity.  India is not the cleanest country out there, and I am sure their health regulations are not nearly as stringent as ours.  Her friends and family are actually concerned for her life – and rightly so, I think.

Will we be able to talk her out of this insanity? Hard to say, but we’re sure going to try!

Scary incident #2

I check my stats every once in a while to see how people get to my site.  Most of my visitors get here from google searches for “colon cleansing scam”.  I think I am ranked second for that term at the moment.  I get visitors from other searches as well like colon flow scam, homemade colon cleanse and others.

A couple of days ago I looked at my stats and found something a little scary.  Someone got to my site from google by typing in “colon cleansing safe when pregnant”! I am glad they got here instead of some site that is offering specialty enemas for pregnant women, but this still kind of scares me.  I can see someone like that finding a site that offers a “dietary supplement” that is meant to help with colon cleansing that they swear is safe for pregnant women.

I am sorry, but I have a hard time with this. If you were pregnant, would you be running around searching google to find out if colon cleansing is safe for you if you are pregnant?  I hope not!  Maybe I am just old fashioned, but I believe that the place for that particular inquiry is your doctor!

Scary incident #3

Another person got to this site by going to google and typing in the phrase “homemade ex lax for baby”.  What can I even say about this?  Honestly, the first thing that I thought when I saw this was that I kind of wish that person would have chosen not to breed.  I know that sounds cruel, but that was my first thought.  I’m sure that person’s pediatrician did not recommend that they go on the internet and find a good formula for homemade ex lax. Sigh…

One last thing before I go

As long as I am on a roll here, there was one thing that I wanted to bring up.  If you look at the bottom of the left sidebar, you will find a button that tells how many spam comments have been blocked since this blogs inception.  At the time of this writing, the number is 222.

There are quite a few people who comment on this blog that actually have something useful to say.  Often, I do not get around to approving their comments because they are mixed in with all the comments left by spammers and idiots.  If your comment is one of those, I apologize.  I hope I didn’t miss yours.

For everyone wishing to comment on this blog, I want to make absolutely clear the kind of comments that I will accept here:

• I will accept comments from people who agree with my thoughts on the subject of colon cleansing.
• I will accept comments from people who disagree with me, as long as they have something useful or insightful to say on the matter (“try acea colon cleanse for effective colon cleansing” is NOT insightful!)
• If you are commenting in this site for the sole purpose of trying to promote your site, you better having something VERY useful to say.
• If you just want to tell me that you liked my post, don’t bother to include a URL to your site.  I will either strip the URL or will not approve the comment.

Basically, I would love comments from people who really want to add to the conversation.  All comments are moderated, and nothing gets through without my reading it first.

Sorry to be so blunt in this post.  This has been brewing for a while.  Still, I hope you enjoyed the read, and I will talk to you again soon!

J