8 Steps to get a healthy colon!

8 SIMPLE STEPS TO ACQUIRE A HEALTHY COLON!

Today, many people are aware of the importance of using healthy foods, but often they don’t think about cooking for their colons at all. Lynn Goldstein from the Jay Monahan Center for Gastrointestinal Health, has assembled her key tips to aquire a healthier colon:

• 1 – Consume a rainbow of fruits and vegetables!
Vegetables and fruits of all colors are loaded with vitamins, anti-cancer, and immune-system-strengthening properties!

• 2 – Fiber rich food!
Fibers are found in plant foods only: while using whole-grain breads, cereals, pasta and rice; don’t forget to use enough water!

• 3 – Choose non-red meat!
Be aware that it is easy to limit your red-meat intake to special occasions like for example: the summer barbecue or a great steak restaurant

• 4 – Choose non-processed meat of lean proteine!
The healthiest lean protein sources are: poultry, fish, eggs, soy products, beans, and whole grains.

• 5 – Don’t forget your calcium intake!
Not only for healthy bones: calcium reduces the risk for colon cancer. Calcium is included in: milk, yoghurt, cheese, dark green vegetables, soy and tofu products, canned salmon and sardines, low-fat dairy products, almonds, and fortified foods such as orange juice.

• 6 – The importance of vitamin D!
Vitamin D aids the absorption of calcium. Vitamin D can be found in cooked salmon/mackerel/sardines, fortified milk, and eggs. And most important for your vitamin D intake … get outside! Vitamin D is derived especially from sunlight!

• 7 – Drink at least 1 to 2 liters water each day!
However, be aware that for example a kidney disease or congestive heart failure may require a restriction in your fluid intake!

• 8 – Don’t forget your excercise & physical activity!
‘Thirty minutes of exercise a day will keeps the doctor away!’