Every part of the nervous system may be affected. In addition, the valve between the large and small intestines, the ileocaecal valve, may become inefficient and allow the large bowel content to enter the small intestines from where it can easily invade the bloodstream. When the sewerage breaks down or is not working efficiently in a city, refuse will accumulate in streets and on properties and greatly contribute to the spread of diseases. It is similar in a body with inefficient bowel eliminations. Waste products will accumulate in the bloodstream and tissues and cause or contribute to the development of most diseases as well as to the general deterioration of health.
Bowel cancer is only the most obvious and direct result.
One of the first and most important steps causing our health deterioration is our inability to digest all the food we eat. A major part of our immune system is located in the small intestine, with an important centre in the appendix. For years there will be fierce fighting between our lymphatic cells and the proliferating intestinal microbes as well as the toxic products of their decomposition. This may cause intestinal discomfort and various digestive disorders, in children often resulting in appendicitis. Only partly digested proteins and bacterial toxins cross the intestinal wall and cause allergies.