Colon Hydrotherapy: Tips Before a Colonic Session Do not eat for 2 hours before your appointment. Drink 4-6 glasses with 1/2 fresh squeezed lemon juice if you have a morning appointment or 1-2 glasses if you have an afternoon appointment. Avoid gas-forming foods the previous day beans, broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, onions, cucumbers, melons, raw apples, bananas, or anything else that gives you gas. Apply an abdominal castor pack for 1 hour 3 days in a row before your appointment. Pre-warm the pack but do not use a heating pad if you feel gaseous. Take one teaspoon of olive oil each evening of the pack. After a Colonic Session Drink plenty of water to keep the toxins flushing from your body. Avoid gas-forming foods for 2 days. Eat yogurt with acidophilus/bifidus cultures or take , acidophilus capsules or liquid for several days to maintain the balance of flora in the colon. Eat more laxative food such as salads, vegetables, fruit (no bananas), juices, soups, fish, chicken. Beet and carrot juices are very beneficial. Avoid eating raw vegetables 4-6 hours after a colonic. Avoid heavy meat consumption (beef and pork) for 8 to 12 hours. Chicken and fish is best. Eat low mucoid forming foods. Follow the Basic Diet Plan. Avoid strenuous exercise that day. Your next normal BM is usually 1 to 3 days after your colonic. 6810 Tilden Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20852-4501 301-468-3962 · Fax: 301-984-0218 · Cell: 240-423-3438 Contact me Copyright © 2005 - 2009 Robert Jordan Health Services