Combating alleged myths, some gastroenterologists asserted that no evidence supports the autointoxication concept that toxins are absorbed from waste in the large intestine.
en.wikipedia.org The condition is brought about by loss of muscular tone, particularly of the abdominal muscles, intestinal autointoxication, with relaxation of the ligaments which hold the viscera in place.
en.wikipedia.org Yet by the late 1990s, the autointoxication concept and thereby colon cleansing was being renewed in alternative healthcare, allegedly upon a fictitious basis.
en.wikipedia.org Nevertheless, interest in colonic autointoxication as a cause of illness, and in colonic irrigation as a cure, enjoyed a revival in alternative medicine at the end of the 20th century.
en.wikipedia.org Lane's explanation of the association between constipation and illness as due to autointoxication is generally regarded by gastroenterologists as wholly fictitious.
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