This section is from the "Health and Survival in the 21st Century" book, by Ross Horne.
Constipation, which is a major factor in the toxemia underlying most of the other common complaints, occurs for two reasons:
The adoption of the squatting position for defecation not only soon achieves freedom from constipation but solves also the problem of urinary incontinence in women, and relief of prostate disorders in men, while at the same time allowing the natural healing of hemorrhoids.
Squatting is also the natural position for childbirth.
Thus it can be seen that when toxemia exists, every single function of the body is to some extent adversely affected, worsening as the years go by as the body's vital organs deteriorate and become less and less able to achieve homeostasis.
 
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