The reasons to cleanse your colon are as vast as the possible symptoms of not taking care of your digestive system.
But let's start by taking a look at the more general reasons why you should cleanse your colon and a little about how the cleansing works.
As life has quickened in modern times -- rushing from place-to-place with very high levels of stress - we need everything in our lives to keep pace.
All of the rushing leads us to eating worse and exercising less.
When we do manage to eat something, a lot of the time it is food which is quick and easy, made mostly from packets of pre-processed food and of little-to-no nutritional value.
All of this - the sub-par eating habits and the hectic lifestyle - puts our bodies under a lot of stress.
It is as if our bodies are under attack constantly from pollutants that we knowingly put into our bodies or are forced on us from the air around us.
Cleaning agents, car fumes other peoples' smoke etc..
all get into our system.
Enter the sensitive digestive system.
Our colon, which handles around 70% of the responsibilities of our immune system, is left to fight a raging, never ending battle against all of this pollution; something it is not really designed to do.
Needless to say, a great deal of said pollution is left in the colon to rot as the colon slowly processes what it can.
As the pollution builds up and begins to rot, we are left to deal with the side effects - Diarrhea, Weight Gain, Constipation, Cramps, Gas, Bloating, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Fatigue, Irritability and even Colon Cancer, which now kills almost 60,000 Americans a year.
A routine regime of cleansing your colon and digestive system will greatly reduce the build-up of pollution.
Thus, by clearing out some of this pollution from our bodies, we can in effect get many benefits such as:

1. More clarity of the mind.
   
2. Reduced bloating and flatulence.
   
3. Weight loss.
   A unhealthy colon is said to hold up to 20 pounds of semi-digested food; ridding the body of those pounds would be a healthy and welcome drop in weight for many people!
4. Increased energy.
   By helping our bodies by clearing them out, we gain more energy needed for other activities.
   
5. A healthier appearance.
   The a fore mentioned toxins and pollutants which build up in our bodies, when untreated, have often been linked to speeding up the aging process, making us all look and feel much older than we really are.
   

And this is just the beginning of the long list of benefits which are gained from implementing a colon cleansing routine into your healthy lifestyle.
Hopefully, you'll see it too!