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By: Brenda

Brenda — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 22:04:14 +0000

I found an editorial by Derek Frewin (a heart specialist) called ‘Improving Health and Health Care’ in a journal called the International Journal of Evidence Based Healthcare (http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1479-6988.2007.00085.x?cookieSet=1&journalCode=jbr). Titles in this and other issues of the journal (e.g. Meta-analysis comparing clinical effectiveness of drug-eluting stents, bare metal stents and coronary artery bypass surgery; Comprehensive systematic review of evidence on developing and sustaining nursing leadership that fosters a healthy work environment in healthcare; etc) didn’t suggest to me that this journal would be interested in research funded by the proponents (I’m assuming here that these are the producers) of herbal colon cleansing. It’s an academic medical journal out of Adelaide University that focuses on healthcare practice. Any other suggestions?

Brenda

By: Colin

Colin — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 07:07:11 +0000

There are plenty of health related peer review journals. An example is Improving health and healthcare edited by Derek Frewin.

By: Brenda

Brenda — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 21:55:26 +0000

Good point.
When I get a chance I will look into this a bit further. I’m not sure which journals would be interested in this sort of thing.
Any ideas?

By: Colin

Colin — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 19:46:27 +0000

I don’t think it would cost very much to do a proper trial. The journal publishing the paper would recruit the review panel. If the proponents of the therapy are serious about it and really believe in it then I am sure that they could find a way to generate evidence of its benefits.

By: Brenda

Brenda — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 22:26:51 +0000

If you can get someone to carry out rigorous research on this kind of cleansing, let us know. I suspect you won’t. Most medical research I have seen has been about testing particular therapies for particular illnesses rather than testing for general benefits.

Until we do have research we can either do nothing or look at the anecdotal evidence from people like Bo and his wife and choose to try it or not. They aren’t expensive. If you get a result, great, if not, no big loss.

BTW, what peers are you thinking of? The medical industry is not terribly interested in holistic health and prevention of disease. I’m not being critical. It’s just not what they do. You may wait a lifetime for peer reviewed trials.

Brenda

By: beautyscientist

beautyscientist — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 22:38:49 +0000

A trial to investigate the benefits of colonic irrigation ought to be fairly straight forward to perform. All a practitioner would need to do would be to recruit a panel of people to fill in questionaires. Half the group has the treatment, half doesn’t.

I had a quick look and found some studies colonic irrigation and some non-natural colonic cleansing techniques. I couldn’t find anything on the approach above though.

It sounds a believable enough notion that it might have some benefits – but we really need to test ideas like this out properly.

I would be interested to hear of any peer reviewed trials. In the mean time I will keep my money in my pocket.

By: Brenda

Brenda — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 23:57:55 +0000

Thanks Bo. You seem to have misunderstood that we are actually in favor of cleansing. We are also cautious about making unsubstantiated claims. I revised the page a bit so as to encourage more cleansing and will be posting some cleansing tips soon. I’m glad you and your wife have had such success with cleansing!

By: Bo

Bo — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 23:50:33 +0000

Hi…My wife and I have followed he Bernard Jensen book…”Tissue cleansing through Bowel Mngt” to the letter…As a matter of fact…follow the 7 day fast 3-4 times year….We have been told we look 10-15 years younger than we are I’m 55….my wife is 53….We exercise/ eat organic when possible and according to the world’s standard of illness have not been sick for over 20 years…I’d like to see your efforts pointed in the correct direction….Follow up on the word “Iatrogenic” and you’ll find the statisitics “epidemic”…but of course the conventional thinking would never ever list those figures…..but you feel the need to write about Dr. Jensens (sry…I forgot…he wasn’t a “real” doctor) but lived a very long live….wow..what a concept….Practicing what one preaches)……I’ve noticed the “conventional thinking” real doctors….are the most sickly looking/living examples of irony…that have ever existed…..I’m sure Hippocrates is turning in his grave……The conventional approach to healthcare….sry….disease care….Is exercise…..eat everything…in moderation….lol……Write back and let me know what magazines you people enjoy reading…..So I can bring them to the hospital when I come visit…………