Psyllium

 Psyllium is a soluble fiber which is used as a gentle bulk forming laxative.
It comes from a shrub/herb called "Plantago Ovata" which grows all over the world but is most common in India. Each shrub can produce up to 15000 tiny gel coated seed, from which psyllium husk is derived.
The soluble fiber found in the psyllium husks can help lower cholesterol, it can help relieve both constipation and diarrhea and is used to treat irritable bowel syndrome, hemorrhoids and other intestinal problems. Psyllium has also been used to help regulate blood sugar levels in people with diabetes. When the psyllium husk comes in contact with water, it swells and forms a gelatin that helps transport waste through the intestinal system.

Constipation -Many studies have shown that psyllium relieves constipation. Psyllium is widely used in Asia, Europe and North America. When the psyllium contacts water it swells and produces more bulk, which stimulates the intestine to contract and helps speed the passage of stool through the digestive tract.

Diabetes - Studies show that a high fiber diet may help to lower insulin and lower blood sugar levels and help reduce cholesterol levels in people with diabetes. It may also help reduce the chance of becoming diabetic for those that are of a higher risk.

Diarrhea - Psyllium can help to relieve mild to moderate diarrhea as it soaks up water in the digestive tract which helps to make the stools harder and slower to pass through the digestive system.

Heart disease - Having a high fiber diet (adding psyllium) may help to reduce the risk of heart disease. Studies have shown that a diet  high in water soluble fiber is associated with lower triglyceride levels, and lower risk of cardiovascular disease.

Hemorrhoids - Psyllium can help to soften the stools and reduce pain associated with hemorrhoids

High Blood Pressure - Adding fiber especially psyllium, to your diet may help to reduce blood pressure. In one studies over a six month period using psyllium fiber significantly systolic and diastolic blood pressure in overweight people with hypertension.

High Cholesterol - Soluble fibers such as flax seed oil, loclo, and bowel build guar gum and oat bran can help to lower cholesterol when added to a low fat, low cholesterol diet.

Inflammatory bowel disease IBD - Studies have found conflicting results, Psyllium for mild to moderate cases of diarrhea from either ulcerative colitis or Crohns disease was as effective as any prescription drug in maintaining remission.

Irritable Bowel Syndrome IBS - Several studies found that soluble fiber helps relieve some symptoms of IBS, such as diarrhea and constipation.

Obesity - studies and clinical reports suggest that psyllium may help you feel fuller and reduce hunger cravings.

I have been taking bowel build for two months now as I have suffered for so many years with constipation (I wasn't expecting it to work) I had been back and forth to the Doctors and the hospital and have taken so many different prescription drugs (which are so full of chemicals, and the side effects are awful that I couldn't go out) so I have studied and read about different herbal remedies and found this.  I took 4 tablets in the morning and 4 tablets with my evening meal, I took the same the next morning and by the afternoon the tablets started to work. I really started to notice a difference within a few days, I felt I had more energy, felt so much better in myself. I don't worry about going out now,  I am now taking 2/3 in the morning and the same in the evening.

Fun Fitness Facts

Fun Fitness Facts

1.  You would need to drink a quart of milk every day for three to four months to drink as much blood as your heart pumps in one hour.

2.  Your heart is about the size of your fist and weighs about as much as a softball.

3. In the course of a lifetime, the resting heart will have pumped enough blood to fill 13 supertankers.

4. The pink under your fingernails is the blood in your capillaries.

5. Your heart is the strongest muscle of your body and beats about 100,000 times in one day, in an average adult.

6. We need light in order to see.  Animals that live in deep caves or in the great depths of the ocean where there is no light are often blind or have no eyes at all.

7.  A person breathes 7 quarts of air every minute.

8. Almost half the human body's weight is made from one of three types of muscle tissue.

9.  The human nervous system can relay messages to the brain at speeds of up to 200 miles per hour.  Your brain receives 100 million nerve messages each second from your senses.

10.  In one day, some 4000 children and teenagers take up smoking.

11.  Underwater swimming is the only time you should hold your breathe while exercising.

12.  Your brain weight about 3 pounds, is a pinkish gray color and is about the size of a cauliflower.

13. Your tongue is the only muscle in your body that is attached at only one end.

14.  The three bones of the middle ear are so small all three could easily fit on your thumbnail.

15. If all 600 muscles in your body pulled in one direction, you could lift 25 tons.

16.  If the 300,000,000 tiny air sacs (alveoli) in your lungs could be laid out flat, they would cover a home swimming pool.

17. Tongue prints are as unique as fingerprints.

18. If you weight 100 pounds on earth, you will weigh about 264 pounds on Jupiter.

19.  There are 206 bones in the human body.  One fourth of them are in your feet.

20.  The human body has 45 miles of nerves.