If you have ever seen the inside of the healthy colon (unless you are in the medical profession it's unlikely), you would know that an indicator of colon health is an inside width of between 2 to 2 1/2 inches. An unhealthy colon will have a reduced width due to undigested waste lining the colon walls.

Due to the foods we eat our bodies can have a hard time digesting everything. The result is the colon can become clogged with waste material. Even if you have a good healthy diet you can still have minor problems with undigested faecal matter. As the colon becomes clogged with waste the opening of the colon begins to narrow.

So a healthy colon will have a nice wide opening and an unhealthy colon will have a restricted opening which hinders the flow of waste materials through your digestive tract. To determine whether you have a healthy colon or not the only way to do it is to examine your waste material.

I know it sounds really disgusting but it really is the only way to have any idea when it comes to diagnosing problems with a clogged up colon. There are other symptoms for sure but you can never guarantee 100% that these general symptoms are the result of an unhealthy colon.

So you have to make a point of taking a look at your waste material. If your stool is whole, round, long and at least 2 to 2 1/2 inches wide it's highly unlikely that you have problems with an unhealthy colon. Even an inch and a half wide is okay since not everybody's colon is the same diameter.

If you observe your waste material to be stringy, coming out in pieces or in a kind of ribbon form you can conclude that there is likely to be a problem with undigested matter clogging up your colon to some degree. In this case it would be a good idea to consider a colon cleansing treatment.

There are so many colon cleansers on the market today that it can be difficult to make a decision as to which one to buy. Fortunately you will find plenty of reviews of the various products online and most reputable companies are now providing free trials of their products so that you can decide if it's the right one for you.

To be honest, most of the colon cleansing products contain essentially the same ingredients. Ingredients which have been used actually for hundreds of years to perform intestinal cleansing. Many people will say colon cleansing is unnecessary but tell that to the thousands of happy people who have experienced positive results after undergoing the treatment. The chances of these treatments doing you any harm is extremely minimal so why not give it a go?