After the Session

It is not uncommon for 1-3 days to pass before your first bowel movement after a session. Please be patient. Remember that the whole digestive tract is one long tube (7 times the length of your body if stretched out!) so it may take some time for your colon to refill. What you eat and drink will determine how the redefining of your colon's shape and movement will occur. If you are particularly sensitive, avoid raw vegetables, red meat, and alcohol. Please avoid overeating.

Until you have a bowel movement, we suggest that you eliminate foods which you know to be allergic, constipating, gas-producing and bloating. Some of these may be:

• Bread, cheese, chocolate, desserts, fatty & fried foods, ice cream, junk & processed foods, milk, sugar & wheat products, along with caffeine, carbonated drinks, and sodas.

• Gas-producing foods: beans, cruciferous vegetables (such as broccoli, brussels sprouts, cabbage, and cauliflower), onions, peppers, raw & unpeeled apples, and soy products.

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