What If Your Daily Bowel Movements Determined Your Lifespan?

What if constipation wasn't just uncomfortable, but actually dangerous and a predictor for your overall health?

About 42 million people in the United States alone suffer or have had constipation. Thirty-three percent of adults over 60 have chronic constipation. And science is showing that this issue might be the root cause of many of the harmful diseases millions of Americans are suffering from daily.

What Dr. Denis Burkitt Discovered in Africa

A famous surgeon by the name of Dr. Denis Burkitt, during his time in Africa, discovered something interesting. For context, he was mostly treating people in rural, remote areas. In those areas, his patients rarely suffered from the typical diseases and ailments that afflict millions of Americans and Westerners, like Crohn’s disease, and other common ones like cancer, ulcers, heart disease, diabetes, appendicitis, gallstones, or autoimmune diseases.

The Difference Between a Plant Based Diet and Western Diets

He realized that the main difference was the diet people in rural Africa followed compared to the typical Western diet. The locals only ate the food they grew, which means their diet was plant-based, high in fiber specifically. They mostly consumed starchy vegetables and whole grains. Meat and dairy were considered luxury foods and were rarely consumed since there was scarce availability. He noticed that in areas in Africa (like in the big cities) where the Western diet (which is high in refined, processed foods, dairy, meat etc.) was adopted by locals, the diseases listed above were common, and within decades the health mirrored that of those in Western countries.

The Bowel Movement Connection

The main difference he noted was in the bowel movements. One of his main focuses during his research was bowel movements, and he noted that in rural areas, the locals were having, on average, two healthy bowel movements a day. And he found they moved their bowels four times more often. They were models of healthy bowel movements. He also noted that they moved their bowels significantly faster than those who followed a Western diet, which means their digestive process was healthier, quicker, and more efficient.

When people are constipated and don’t move their bowels often enough, the food, liver bile, and everything stagnates in the digestive system, leading to putrefaction. When this waste product sits in the intestines and throughout the digestive tract, it can lead to bacterial overgrowth, inflammation, and ulceration in your intestinal wall, which results in inflammatory bowel diseases like Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, and colorectal cancer. Some of the toxins in your poop can be reabsorbed into your bloodstream, leading to a vicious cycle of your body being continuously exposed to toxins, increasing the toxic load on your liver.

Foods like dairy, meat, chicken, etc., are all high in protein but have little fiber, so if your body already has toxic overload, these foods will just sit in your digestive system, undigested, and become a source of food for bad bacteria.

Breaking the Constipation Cycle

Step 1: To prevent toxic overload from happening, it’s important to eliminate processed foods and reduce our protein intake.

Step 2: The second step is to start consuming whole grains, which are a great source of fiber, especially grains like Einkorn. Einkorn has twice as much fiber as flour sold in our supermarkets. Two slices of Einkorn bread can provide you with up to 14 grams of fiber alone. And the fiber found in it is soluble and easier to digest.  

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Real Results from Our Customers

Many of our customers, who suffered from chronic constipation, have reported healthier, more frequent bowel movements and less bloating and overall feeling better and more energetic as a result of having our 100% wholegrain ancient Einkorn Bread.

“This bread is the best I ever had, and it clearly was a blessing for my digestive system. My whole family is very pleased” George O.

“This bread has helped me to lose weight, and I believe it has lowered my blood sugar levels too, It's not only good for you but taste great” Terra M.

We also offer powerful Anti Constipation Tea and fermented superfoods like our Umeboshi Fermented Plums and our Homemade Saurkraut to help overall gut health.