“How to have a healthy colon/Let me count the ways … “ Okay, Shakespeare never wrote a sonnet about the colon, but we think he could have. A healthy colon is poetry in motion – emphasis on the motion!! One of the things we love most about the folks who read our blog is that they understand that a healthy colon is as important as both healthy heart and lungs. And what’s one of the most effective ways to keep the mojo movin’ and groovin’ in the six- foot- wonder- down- under that is your colon? The best colon hydrotherapy NYC has to offer, of course, which you’ll find right here at LYT.

Are colon cleanses healthy?

If you’re exploring how to have a healthy colon, and are new to the idea of colon cleanses, you may have some questions. One of the first things many of our prospective clients ask is: “Are colon cleanses healthy?” The answer is yes. If you missed our recent post on colonics and safety, you may want to check it out. But the bottom line is that with the very rare exception of a few medical conditions, colon hydrotherapy can benefit anyone at any time. Yes, you read right, colon cleanses are healthy!

In fact, colonics have been used for thousands of years to help support a healthy immune system, which in turn allows the body to heal itself as it is meant to do. The procedure is gentle and pain-free and the results – clearer skin, more energy, better digestion and elimination, to name just a few common benefits – put colon hydrotherapy near the top of the Why & How to Have a Healthy Colon list.

What other things help support a healthy colon?

Now that you’re asking, “Are colon cleanses healthy?” — and hopefully, have called us to schedule a colon hydrotherapy session at LYT! – you’re probably wondering what else is on the How to Have a Healthy Colon list. It may not surprise you to learn that diet, exercise and lots of water all feature prominently on the list.

Medical studies have clearly established a link between meat consumption and colon cancer, so we recommend our clients eliminate or at least reduce meat and other animal products from their diets. Instead, consume lots of fresh vegetables, especially greens like kale, collards, Swiss chard and arugula. Our staff is here to help you find the diet that’s perfect for your tastes and needs, and we always welcome your questions.

T. Colin Campbell’s new book, “Whole, Re-thinking the Science of Nutrition”

Exercise is equally important for your healthy colon, so add it to that How to Have a Healthy Colon list! Walk, run, bike, kick-box, do yoga and/or pilates . . . just find something active you enjoy and do it regularly. Work up a sweat and replenish with lots of fresh water.

Finally, remember, one of the best things you can do for your colon is to bathe it regularly with the help of a trained colon hydrotherapist. Still wondering ‘Are colon cleanses healthy?’ Well, wonder no more! You’ll find the best colon hydrotherapy NYC offers, along with lots of other great resources and information right here at LYT. We’d love to help you and your colon get in the best possible health so please give us a call or e-mail us any questions you may have so we can support you!

Tips and Tools

Last week we gave you some great spring detox basics to help you plan a spring cleanse. A natural body detox is a key component of this process, so this week, we’ll go a little deeper and give you some easy-to-use tips and tools for effective, natural cleansing.

Tip: Get Back To Basics With Your Natural Body Detox

Attending to the basics is absolutely critical for a natural body detox. This includes:

• Exercise

• Water intake

• Deep breathing

• Rest

While you’re actively eliminating your toxins, remember to be gentle with yourself. You may need more time alone than you usually do, and you will definitely need to make sure you’re getting enough sleep.

Exercise! Christopher Harrison’s AntiGravity® Yoga is a phenomenal stress-reliever and detox tool! Even Katie Couric has gotten in on the action.

Tool: Food Combining Chart

To keep your digestive track in top form, remember to follow the principles of Food Combining that we encourage at LYT for natural cleansing. If you find it to be confusing at first, take a peek at our suggested meal plan that makes it really easy-breezy.

Our food combining chart is available on our website for free! Just click the link above to access it & start detoxing easy-peasy!

Page 2 of our Food Combining Chart. Loaded with simple suggestions to help you maintain your spring detox at every meal!

Tip: Lighten Up.

We’re talking about lightening your daily load of toxins. Eating foods like meat, dairy, white flour and sugar, and/or drinking alcohol always taxes your body, but when you’re working on a natural body detox, it’s especially important that you avoid them. One great way to make sure you’re only putting in the nutrients you need for neutralizing acidic toxins to assist natural cleansing is to try a juice fast. Take a long weekend and try a three day fast, and you’ll be amazed at the results. Don’t feel ready to make that leap? Commit to juicing until dinner while you’re on your detox plan or, at the very least, choose days of the week to avoid alcohol, animal products and desserts completely.

You can elevate detoxification by taking a break from poor foods – you don’t have to be extreme just be more conscious of your choices!

Tool: Colonic Irrigation.

Looking for a life-changer? The most transformational colonic irrigation NYC serves up is right here for you at LYT! Put the clean in natural cleansing by scheduling gravity colon hydrotherapy treatments. This may be the single-most powerful thing you can do to aid your system in a natural body detox. Flushing away mucus and putrefying fecal matter will make it easier for your body to absorb nutrients and will help re-establish the micro-flora ecosystem so important for good health. After colonic irrigation, you will probably find that your natural cleansing gives you more energy, and don’t be surprised if your friends comment that your eyes are sparkling and your skin is all-a-glow! 

Co-Founder Joyce Rockwood explains the gravity colon hydrotherapy procedure.

Tip: Remember To Ask For Help If You Need It.

Designing a natural body detox may be easier with a little expert advice. Many alternative therapy practitioners, including those here at LYT, can help you customize a program that will work best for you and provide you with moral and “technical” support in case you hit any unexpected snags.

NOTE: If you are pregnant, or have any special health challenges, do not attempt a body detox or any substantial lifestyle change without consulting your doctor or comparable health care professional.

Spring Detox Cleanse: 3 Easy Ways to Refresh Your Body and Mind



April showers are here and that means it’s time to think of a spring detox cleanse. While you’re throwing open the windows and clearing dust bunnies or cobwebs from the corners of your home, it’s also a great time to spring clean your body and mind. Of course we think a good cleanse should include colon hydrotherapy to ensure that you’re left feeling light and refreshed inside and out. Here are some other things to consider as you plan your cleanse.



Why Do A Spring Detox Cleanse?

Your body is on guard 24/7 to protect you from the toxins that you ingest, like white flour or sugar, for example; the ones you touch, like inks and dyes; and the ones in the air you breathe. Under the Clean Air Act, the EPA tracks 187 air pollutants, and that doesn’t include natural irritants like pollen. Add to that the 3Ps of processed, prepared and packaged foods and it’s easy to see how a body could be overwhelmed. So give yours some TLC this spring. Clean your body by setting your intention for a weekend, a week, or a month and head into summer with a spring in your step. Here are a few things to keep in mind as you design your spring detox cleanse.



1. Make Your Spring Detox Cleanse Juicy!



Literally! Incorporating lots of fresh juice – especially if you include the juice of naturally detoxifying vegetables like celery and cilantro – will help to move the poisons out of your system and give you a boost of nutrition besides. Buy organic vegetables, to ensure you’re not putting pesticide residues into the body you’re working so hard to spring clean. Your body will appreciate the juice because juicing can increase your energy levels and make your skin glow!

2. Exercise.



Get outside for a walk, a run, or some yoga in the park. Your body and your mind need the sunshine, and the movement will help your digestion and improve your sleep. Try to move fast enough and go far enough to work up a good sweat. Sweating is one of the ways your body detoxifies naturally, so it’s a key component of any successful spring detox cleanse. 

3. Infrared Sauna: Just Lie Down & Sweat!

Supercharge the effects with an Infrared Sauna detox treatment. We offer this service at LYT because infrared waves are able to penetrate your organs at the cellular level for the optimum spring detox. The part you may like best is that all you have to do is lie back and relax as your toxins ride the infrared waves right out of your body!

Co-Founder Cindy Suarez with LYT’s Infrared Dome Sauna – just lie down, relax, & sweat!

Want More Tips To Spring Clean Your Body?



Next week we’ll give you more great tips to help you design a spring detox cleanse, including specific foods you may want to incorporate, and a way to naturally boost your body’s alkaline levels to help neutralize acidic toxins.

 Meanwhile, don’t forget the LYT team of experts is just a call away if you want us to help you customize your spring detox cleanse, or you decide to supercharge your detox program with the best colon hydrotherapy NYC has to offer!

A true Spring Cleaning taps into your body, mind, & spirit! A spring detox that includes LYT’s tips and therapies helps you engage all three!

Colonic Irrigation Procedure: LYTNYC Experts Simplify It For You

Let’s de-mystify the colonic irrigation procedure! Whether you call it a colonic, colon hydrotherapy or colonic irrigation, the procedure of administering a colonic is simply a bathing of your large intestine with purified water. That’s it! Finito! Finale! Basta! The end! So, if it’s that simple, what’s all the controversy about? Since 1999, we’ve seen offices offering colonic irrigation in NYC double and even triple. Yet, the colonic irrigation procedure remains a mystery for many and taboo in the medical world. Stories circulate about perforated colons, compromised friendly bacteria, reduced electrolytes, and loss of bowel control/dependency. Doctors have placed fear in people when it comes to cleansing from within. Hey, what’s up doc? Let’s break it down with our expertise.

The Truth About Detoxification Can Save Your Health!

1. Perforation: In a LYT Method Gravity Colonic in NYC, there is a continuous flow of water, in and out of the client’s body, which means that you’re not being filled up like a balloon. We do allow your colon to part-take in retentions of with water BUT this is done after some of the gas and matter has emptied which creates room for sensible supervised retentions. This is a therapist administered and NOT machine controlled procedure. Molto importante! Why? Because you don’t want a machine forcing water into your bum or any other part of your body. You want a human being there with you that is sensitive to your rhythm and the state of your colon. No instruments are traveling through your colon in the colonic irrigation procedure, only warm water.

2. Loss of friendly bacteria: Darling please! You think those margaritas, processed foods, and medications aren’t impairing your friendly bacteria? If you like your friends, treat them well and they’ll be loving and loyal. The way to maintain healthy bacteria is to drink and eat nutritious fresh juices and foods, include probiotics (vegan please), and make sure your bowels are moving and grooving so that waste is not sitting around putrefying, fermenting, and destroying your internal balance and impairing your friendly bacteria. Intestinally speaking, you have to keep the poop moving so your gut can rejuvenate you!

Colonic Irrigation Increases & Supports Friendly Bacteria

3. Loss of electrolytes and bowel control or dependency: Now this is getting crazy! Simply put, electrolytes are compounds that get transported in a salty fluid to assist electrical impulses, muscle function, hydration, and PH level. Serious stuff! That’s why we remind you to drink water, raw coconut water, and fresh veggie juices, always, and especially right after your colonic irrigation procedure. If your body is impacted with waste and gas then your absorption becomes limited. In all the years of our experience with colonic irrigation, we’ve never seen in ourselves or in our clients a loss of bowel control or dependency. We work with the Wood’s Gravity Method, which does not weaken your peristalsis. To the contrary, this colonic irrigation method gives your colon a work out, toning and strengthening this vital muscle as the waste matter is alleviated. It just makes sense!

Electrolytes are abundant in raw coconut water, raw fruits/vegetables, & nuts. You can even add a pinch of sea salt to your drinking water for sodium enrichment.

Colonic Hydrotherapy NYC: LYT Method Simplifies Your Experience

A colon hydrotherapy treatment is meant to assist your body in removing pollutants that have accumulated from the day to day living of our modern, fast-paced, NYC lifestyle. We have designed the LYT colonic irrigation prep to be easy for anyone to apply. We are sure you will find that the LYT Method colonic irrigation procedure is expertly administered by our skillful, knowledgeable and certified therapists and is synonymous with the best colon hydrotherapy NYC has to offer!

Colonics allow us to live our lives with the ultimate flow and tap into our highest potential.

Taking the colonic leap? Awesome! We’ve got some easy-peasy ‘to do’s’ before a colonic. Did you know that preparing for a colonic doesn’t require a juice fast? Although incorporating fresh pressed juices (not the bottled/pasteurized stuff) the days before is highly recommended, simply increasing the amount of wholesome foods will help you to prepare sufficiently for a colonic. At LYT, once you book your appointment, (heck, it’s even posted for free on our website), we offer simple preparation guidelines that help support you before a colonic to insure you have the best results.

Preparing For A Colonic: 3 Or More Days Leading Up To A Colonic

It’s not just about what you do the day of a colonic that yields positive results during and after your treatment. Ideally, preparing for a colonic should begin at least 2-3 days prior – like rehearsing for an audition. These easy-to-follow tips will help you create the best possible outcome for your session.

1. Drink Water: You can add lemon, lime, mint leaves, etc. Just hydrate. : )

2. Drink Fresh Veggie Juice: Morning is best! Allow about 30-40 minutes between juice and the next meal.

3. Increase Your Salads and Vegetables: These are anti-inflammatory foods that will act like a broom helping your body loosen matter.

4. Food Combining: This is a smart way to eat before or after a colonic and as a regular practice.

5. Protein Smarts: If you are going to eat protein, choose the lighter versions like fish, chicken or turkey & eat them at dinner vs. lunch in the absence of starches.

Before a Colonic: The Day Of Your Treatment:

The smartest way to begin preparing for a colonic is to drink fresh veggie juice and water, and eat either fruit and/or salad (but not at the same time) the day of the session. Keep it light! Depending on the time of your appointment, you’ll want to allow yourself at least 2 hours free of eating or juicing prior to your session. Keep in mind that it’s not optimal to eat heavy meals or processed foods before a colonic. Keep it simple!

Colon Hydrotherapy: LYT Method in NYC

Colon Hydrotherapy  is an extremely valuable treatment that can help you to experience and maintain vibrance, support your juice cleanses, and boost your immune system. The LYT Method is a eye-opening approach to wellness that will change the way you think about self-care and your “health care”! Check out the LYTnyc Youtube Channel  for more eye-opening stories from our clients who’ll tell you their experience first-hand…and then you’ll know why our clients say LYTnyc Colonics Rock® and are the gentlest and most effective colonics NYC has to offer!

LYTnyc is happy to share Ana Zaharia’s story about the road from raw food to her first time colonic. We know how unsure and nervous people can feel about choosing the right wellness center and finding the right therapist for their first colonic. We get it! We also had a first time colonic experience back when we were clients. So we are well prepared to walk you through the steps from preparation all the way through to your post colonic protocol. 

Step By Step: Colonic Irrigation For Beginners

Here are four simple preparation steps to colonic irrigation for beginners. Remember, these steps can begin immediately and especially 2-3 days before your first time colonic irrigation appointment.

1. Drink fresh vegetable juice on an empty stomach to loosen matter and gas in preparation for your colonic irrigation treatment.

2. Hydrate your intestinal system properly. A sensible amount of water to drink daily is based on half your body weight converted to ounces. IE: 140 lbs / 2 = 70 ounces of water. Your body needs plenty of water to efficiently flush its system.

3. Refrain from drinking carbonated beverages, eating dairy, processed foods, white flour, and heavy protein like red meat.

4. Increase salads and vegetables for lunch and dinner and yes, they can be delicious meals! 

We often hear from our first time colonic irrigation clients that they feel better even after just following these initial steps. If you already eat a more vegetarian-based diet, then you can simply drink juice, eat salads w/ avocado, and follow with steamed vegetables the day prior to your first colonic to support a more productive treatment.

Whether you’re a first time colonic client or you’re already detox savvy, we know you will love LYT. Our clients’ only regret is wishing they had googled “colonics nyc” and found LYTnyc so much sooner! 

Colon Hydrotherapy & Weight Loss

We are delighted to share LYTnyc client Kelly Shannon’s colon hydrotherapy weight loss testimonial. While it is true that one of the many perks of a colon cleanse is weight loss, this process must be accompanied by a mindful approach to lifestyle. Kelly learned how to shift her lifestyle and eating habits sensibly and create a nurturing and healthy relationship with food therefore her colon hydrotherapy sessions truly assisted her weight loss and health goals.

Colon Cleansing and Weight Loss: These Two Go Hand-In-Hand!

LYT’s colon cleansing weight loss method is a gradual process and a healthy experience where you learn the power of a proper colon cleanse teamed with food combining principals. Let us share some points explaining how colon hydrotherapy helps your body reduce weight and rejuvenate.

* Remember that your body is made of trillions of cells that desire to repair themselves and shed unwanted materials (gas, processed foods, and chemicals) as easily and as often as possible.

* Your clever cells will heal and shed gracefully if given the opportunity. Your cells “shedding opportunity” is elevated with the process of colon cleansing. When your colon is emptied of impurities it has not alleviated on its own, the colon cleansing process allows trillions of cells in your body to shed excess gas and waste that it wouldn’t have otherwise accomplished. Thus, a colon cleanse = weight loss. Voila! You feel youthful and vibrant! Think of it like a student who participates in some extra help after school improving his brainpower to elevate his grades!

* Waste = Weight

* Less Stored Waste = Less Weight

* Less Weight = Longevity

* This colon hydrotherapy process allows your cells to contract (become smaller) thus alleviating pressure on your kidneys, liver, and other organs, as well as, allowing all elimination systems to flush properly. Our clients often express an overall sense of rejuvenation in their entire body!

* When you are ready to embark on a colon cleanse weight loss program, we suggest you follow some simple and moderate shifts as suggested in LYT’s Colon Hydrotherapy Preparation Guidelines.

Our Co-Founder, Cindy Suarez, speaks on working with Kelly: “I really appreciated how open Kelly was to shifting her paradigm toward a colon hydrotherapy weight loss approach. I consulted her regularly to integrate meditation, writing, and visualization to better manage stress. It is such a pleasure for me as well as the LYT staff to see our clients accomplishing their goals with the LYT Method.”

We are grateful to Kelly for sharing her story & hope it inspires you and many others to experience vibrant health and improved flow in your body!

LYT Method: Colon Hydrotherapy NYC

When you embark on the LYT Method colon hydrotherapy weight loss system, you are encouraged to drink fresh vegetable juice, eat fresh whole foods, and fully maximize your detoxification experience through the power of colon hydrotherapy, NYC. We look forward to assisting you with your own health goals and showing you why Colonics Rock® (gently) at LYTnyc!

HOW TO FIGHT SINUS INFECTIONS WITH RAW FOOD

 Imagine the aromas of roasted garlic, baked clove and cinnamon wafting through the air but you’re missing out on actually smelling them! When your sinuses are in need of help, seek natural sinus remedies. Reducing your sinus irritation and swelling can be as simple as eating anti inflammatory foods!

NATURAL SINUS REMEDIES: Anti Inflammatory Foods

1. Anti-inflammatory foods – are important because there’s a strong chance that your diet may be the root of your inflammation. The simplest way to ease inflammation and re-build the immune system is through raw, living foods. Raw foods combined with a vegetarian lifestyle reduce inflammation of the mucous lining, making this the primary natural sinus remedy.

2. Milk and cheese are one of the most common sources of allergies. Because humans don’t easily digest the protein in cow’s milk, our bodies’ react by creating inflammation, mucus, and allergies or cold symptoms. See LYT’s delicious dairy alternative suggestions but be warned, you may become hooked.

Dr. Cow Tree Nut Cheese is made from cashews! Delicious!

3. Cleansing the colon with LYT method colonics reduces the impacted debris and gas pressure. This compression can keep your immune system in a defensive state and consequently, colonics becomes a useful natural sinus remedy. When you empty the colon of this build up through colon hydrotherapy, a message is sent to the ENTIRE BODY saying, ‘out with the old’.

A wood burning fire, spicy apple cider, and fresh pine needles are the smells of the season and are simply too delicious to miss because of a stuffed up nose. Choosing anti-inflammatory foods as one of your simple natural sinus remedies, and using LYT method colon hydrotherapy can be a way to reverse these symptoms for good. Hooray!

Perhaps one of the best kept secrets of our time is the powerful effectiveness of colonic irrigation for weight loss. Counting calories, weighing food portions, and cutting carbs can provide temporary results, but they’re ultimately ineffective because they don’t address the root issue. Real weight loss comes from removing the waste that is at the source of unwanted weight through colonic irrigation.

Colonic Irrigation: WASTE=WEIGHT. Remove The Waste, Lose The Weight.

Our body is made up of trillions of cells whose job it is to take in nutrients and expel waste. When our cells take in more waste than they can consistently expel, from processed foods, dairy, alcohol, and meds, they expand. As they grow, so do we.

LYT Colonic irrigation specialists in NYC hydrate and remove the intestinal waste made up of undigested food, bacteria and gas. By creating space in our primary elimination channel, our cells have the room they need to release their excess waste. As our cells release, they contract and regenerate, revealing a lighter you.

Here Are 3 Simple Steps To Release Waste (Weight)

1. Integrate more raw food: Eating more raw food is crucial to successful colonic sessions. Raw foods are powerful cleansers that loosen and prepare the intestinal system to release impacted matter and gas.

2. Schedule a Series of Colonic Irrigation Sessions: Just as the weight doesn’t appear overnight, the waste in our cells accumulates over time. A few sessions with a LYT Method colon hydrotherapy NYC specialist will removes waste in layers, so give yourself some time to shed.

3. Purge on Paper:  Start a morning routine of putting pen on paper for 10 minutes straight without censoring or editing. Believe it or not, getting rid of toxic thoughts and emotions can make all the difference in getting rid of toxic weight. If we are holding in one area of our lives, then we are holding.

Implementing LYT method colonic irrigation for weight loss is the most pro-active step you can take today to experience weight loss and return your body to balance. As the waste in your cells empties into your colon and is eliminated from your body, a more naturally toned, slender, radiant you will be revealed.

If you’re feeling heavy, weighed down, and backed up, then we’ve got 5 natural constipation treatments that will stimulate your digestive tract and awaken a new path to energy, health and freedom.

Rescue Remedies – Chronic Constipation Treatments & Relief!

1. Colon Hydrotherapy – There is no natural constipation treatment that provides more powerful and immediate relief than colon hydrotherapy. A professional colon hydrotherapist gently administers gravity fed water into the colon, which hydrates the impacted waste and prepares it to move out of the body. Once troublesome waste in the colon is eliminated, you can experience enhanced function of the entire digestive system – thus allowing a clearing of the body’s pathways and creating a natural energetic flow.

2. Hydration – Even with the well-known recommendation of drinking 8 glasses of water a day, 75% of Americans are still dehydrated. In addition to drinking good clean water, we need to replace dry dead foods like pastas, protein bars, and cooked flesh with the hydrating and cleansing fiber of  living foods and the life force energy of fresh vegetable juices. Raw foods and juices supply alkalinity and kinetic energy, which awakens old waste, and stimulates natural bowel movement helping to double as a natural constipation treatment.

Eat RAW FOODS before cooked foods to improve digestion and aid detoxification.

3. Food Combining – This smart way of eating is one of the most effective chronic constipation treatments. Just having a raw salad before dinner and separating starches and proteins from the same meal eases the burden on the digestive tract and promotes improved digestion and better bowel function.

Proper Food Combining reduces intestinal gas!

4. Aloe Vera – Taking 1-2 ounces of raw aloe vera orally, lubricates intestines, and naturally activates the colon’s peristaltic motion, A.K.A. skip to the loo!

Raw Organic Aloe Soothes Intestinal Gas & Constipation by Improving Detoxification! AVAILABLE AT LYT!

5. Probiotics -Taking a vegan probiotic will assist with chronic constipation by rebalancing your intestinal flora thus providing natural support to your digestive and elimination systems. Now that’s a win-win!

So don’t let the idea of detox deter you from taking the colonic plunge.  At LYT, our Colonics Rock® with ease, knowledge, warmth, and professionalism, assuring your colon hydrotherapy New York experience is a real breeze!