Hopefully, the final word on colon cleanliness

First, a trip through the wonderful world of tissue cleansing and colon health, including some pictures that you're probably going to wish you hadn't seen. Really, all you need to know is this:

The following photographs are taken from Tissue Cleaning Through Bowel Management, a 1981 treatise by nutritionist Dr. Bernard Jensen (b. 1908, d. 2001)... He based his philosophy in the homeopath Constantine Hering's Law of Cure -- "All cure starts from within out and from the head down and in reverse order as the symptoms have appeared" -- which led him to the corollary that all illness stemmed from dysfunctions of the bowel.

Next, a breath of fresh air from Quackwatch, assuring me that poo doesn't actually build up, and in fact:

Some people have reported expelling large amounts of what they claim to be feces that have accumulated on he intestinal wall. However, experts believe these are simply "casts" formed by the fiber contained in the "cleansing" products.

All I can say is thank GOD. I have spent a really disproportionate amount of time thinking about colon health and especially tons and tons of scary built-up internal poo over the past ten days. I can finally relax, and you can finally never read about this topic anymore.

Finally, in case you were interested, how clean should your colon be? This site reminds us, though, that for every point of view, there will be an opposite and freaking insane point of view, such as this commenter at the above-linked site:

As an individual who has endured FDA-approved drugs for almost every ailment know to man, without a cure, I think it is hypocritical to label all alternative treatments as scams. I recently began a colon hydrotherapy program and have had wonderful results. I don't have to worry about having an FDA-approved drug recalled because of its side effects, either, since the active ingredient is filtered water!

Yes m'am (or sir) the active ingredient is filtered water. Approximately 20 gallons of filtered water shot into your colon at high pressure. Air is all natural, too, but now that I know better, I won't go putting that in my rear, either.