Day 2 at Hippocrates: Wheatgrass Rectal Implants

Anybody who espouses the health benefits of a raw, vegan diet and periodic juice fasting will also stress the importance of supporting colon health and efficient elimination of toxins and waste through colonic hydrotherapy and enemas. I'm not going to write much about why it's important for you to wash out your colon, but let me just say that, no matter what your diet, you should consider practicing these procedures toute de suite if you are not already.

A lot of people also know about the superior health benefits of wheatgrass. I certainly do, and have been drinking wheatgrass for over a decade. But it really would never have occurred to me that anyone would ever suggest I stick it in my ass. But that's what they tell you to do here at Hippocrates -- take your wheatgrass at both ends.

Now, the term "rectal implant" makes this sound more uncomfortable and bizarre than it really is, as it conjures up the image of someone trying to tuck a handful of grass into his or her anus. Actually, taking wheatgrass as a rectal implant simply means adding the juice to your enema bag at the end of your enema. After you've washed out your lower intestine with the regular water, the four ounces of wheatgrass juice can be easily absorbed through your rectum, with it's nutritional benefits carried along by your hemorrhoidal artery (or was that a vein? I can't remember what the colon doc said) to other parts of your circulatory system that bring it straight to your liver. In other words, putting wheatgrass in that way allows the benefits to shoot straight to your liver without having to go through your whole digestive tract first. This is supposed to be extremely healthful.

Well, I hope so, because enemas are inconvenient enough to begin with, without having to start and stop and start again, and concoct ingredients to put in the bag. It's also kind of disturbing to witness green liquid shooting out your butt. Well, I've got to have faith that this is making my liver, and my body in general, very happy.

On a more-pleasant note, today was avocado day at the lunch buffet. So in addition to my mountain of sprouts and assorted vegetables, I had an avocado, stuffed with some sort of shredded carrot mixture. Sprouts are not satisfying, but avocados certainly are. Hooray for avocado day! I stuffed myself to the gills, because tomorrow is juices only. Well, we're supposed to fast tomorrow, but I'm going to have a few pieces of fruit I bought at the store for breakfast, because I already did my fast (so there!). I won't really miss the sprouts, though.