in my view colonics have been very helpfl by a trained professional of course. You have to make sure you go to a good one tho. somecolonics have machines that ctually siuck the feces out of you which is jsut as bad as laxatives and some force tyou to hold onto water for long periosof time. the colonic woman i go to is really good they pour water in you adn ewhenever you get an urge to go they stop putting it in and let you go poop. its all about retraining your colon to work ON ITS OWN so its NOT habit forming .. a lot of older ppl do it cuz their bowles stop working. I FOUND that its expremly helpful cuz sometiems you get so impacted that no matter how healthy you eat you dont get better. I would be careful about taking laxatives... they arent good for your colon... take fiber supplements w/ everymeal to help w/ the drawbacks to this diet... and drink lots of water adn take flaxseed oil.