Even just a little curious about colon cleansing?
Maybe a friend, neighbor, or co-worker has mentioned doing a colon cleanse and detox and it got you to thinking. Do you need to do a colon cleanse and detox?
If you’re feeling sluggish, bloated or experiencing irregularity a natural colon cleanse may help. Irregularity can be caused by many things, such as inactivity, improper diet, travel, or medications.
Benefits of a Colon Cleanse
Colon cleansing is a process to remove waste from your bowels. Even if you have regular elimination, undigested waste, partially digested waste, and even parasites can build up. This may make you feel sluggish an make it harder for your body to absorb key nutrients. People that periodically cleanse and detox their body find that they:- lose weight as waste is eliminated
- eliminate gas and bloating
- have clearer skin
Different Ways to Colon Cleanse
Colonics. If you did a little Google research, you probably ran across clinics and centers in your area that cleanse with colon hydrotherapy. They may also call this cleanse colonic irrigation. What you are going to do is pay someone around $200 or so to give you an enema. Seriously! While there have been many advances in modern medicine they still haven’t made many in this department. They still use the same procedure and it still is uncomfortable as you remember an enema to be. Fasts. These methods of cleansing and detox have you eliminate meat and alcohol for a week, then you get to eliminate the rest of the food in the world! Doesn’t that sound like fun? Variations of this method have you drinking herbal teas and juices and mixtures with things like Epsom salts. At least they warn you to stay close to a bathroom, magnesium sulfate is a powerful laxative. Just more fun to add to your fast!
Crazy Diets. In addition to fasts there are special “cleansing and detox” diets like eat only raw alkaline foods for a week or living on only squeezed lemon juice, organic grade-B maple syrup, cayenne pepper and spring water. Not only are those diets difficult to follow and doom you to failure, they don’t provide you the energy you need to make it through your day.
A Sensible Gentle Colon Cleanse
Suddenly that colon cleanse business doesn’t look like such a good idea does it? But how about if you could get the benefits without all the crazy diets, enemas, and fasts? Now that sounds too good to be true. But it is true. Herbal Nitro makes two different formulas that allot you to do a gentle colon cleanse without changing your diet, without fasting, and without mixing up crazy fiber concoctions.
My Gentle Cleanse is a natural herbal formula that contains ingredients like aloe vera, fennel seed, and other plant-based ingredients to cleanse your colon gently. The only thing you have to do is take it once a day and remember to drink at least 8 glasses of water. All the good; none of the crazy. Sensible, right?
My Gentle Detox is another herbal formula that allows to perform a gentle colon cleanse without dieting, fasting, or making yourself crazy. This herbal formula contains safe ingredients like senna leaf extract and dandelion root. It promotes more peristaltic action in the colon. No enemas here! Just take one capsule daily and drink plenty of water.
When you think protein, most people think about meat. But there are other great sources of protein. If you skip meat to reduce fat intake or you just don’t want to eat animals, there are other great plant sources of protein. Here’s a few that pack a punch.
Sprouts. Sprouted beans, peas or lentils provide an incredible amount of protein and carry very few calories as baggage. Only ½ cup (35 grams) has a little over 4 ½ grams of protein. Each gram of protein only carries about 9 calories. That’s an amazing protein to calorie ratio.
Legumes. Beans and legumes are the king of the veggie world when it comes to protein. One cup of beans 
can pack anywhere from 36 grams of protein in a cup of roasted soybeans to 12 1/5 grams of protein in a cup of humble green beans. Of course those stat’s are for plain beans, not beans swimming in butter or broth. But you can add beans to any salad or sandwich and get a protein boost to help you coast to the next meal.
Mushrooms. This humble fungus doesn’t get much attention as a protein source, but it’s no slouch. 3.9 grams of protein in 1 cup of mushrooms. 1 gram of mushroom protein only has 7.2 calories.
has drawbacks if you have a problem with lactose, but these days there are many lactose-free problems available.
Yogurt. People are going crazy for yogurt. The current darling is Greek-style yogurt. It has less whey, so you get more protein per ounce. Whether you go with traditional style or Greek-style, read the labels carefully. Yogurt can hide calories and sugar and additives. Plain yogurt should have one or two ingredients at the most (milk and live cultures). Opt for low fat over full fat. You get the same protein benefits with fewer calories.
Cottage Cheese. Cottage cheese made with 1% milk only has 80 calories in one cup and 24 grams of protein. That’s more protein than Greek yogurt, but you have to figure out how to eat it. Stay tuned for more information about this.
Ricotta Cheese. This is another overlooked cheese. There are 28 grams of protein in 1 cup of ricotta from skim milk. Like cottage cheese, ricotta cheese doesn’t lend itself to being eaten alone. Be careful not to pack on sodium and calories when you add flavoring.
While these proteins are great for weight loss, they are 
