5-22 lbs. of compacted feces in your intestines?
 

I was up late watching an informercial for some reason. The product was herbs or something which clean out your intestines.

According to the marketer, the FDA has stated that by the age of 45, you can have from 5-22 lbs of compacted fecal matter lodged along the walls of your intestines.

I don't really believe this. Are there any doctors reading this that can verify?

they're full of *****.

Maybe I did this morning, but as of 15 minutes ago the pipes are clean.

I think that you CAN/MAY, but that doesn't mean or say what percentage of people do.

If I wasn't terribly regular and I had a huge gut, then I might worry/wonder, but as long as you are going 2-4 times a day and you don't look like you are 14 months pregnant, I wouldn't worry too much.

of course I'm not a doctor, i don't have any medical training, and my opinion in this matter is probably worth about as much as a belly button full of lint.

2-4 times a day? What do you eat?

colonblow.com

No way. Its gone within 12 hours. Found that out the hard way a while back while overseas. Friend took me to an Indian place and we piled the red hot sauce on heavy. Jeez was it hot...

Well kids, it was just as hot coming out and you could tell when it started and ended. Body it seems was very happy to get rid of that dinner.

Two years ago did a full body scan and have the images on a DVD. Scanned it way back when and there was no way that there was anything "compacted" and just sitting there. If you are really worried about it, take some metamucil once every few days and that takes care of every worry in this area.

You really believe anything you see on an infomercial? Keep your credit cards in your pocket...

Snopes says no as well...

http://www.snopes.com/horrors/gruesome/fecalcolon.asp

I guess I'll put my slightly used home enema kit on ebay...

Gee, bet that's a fun one to pop in every now and then and watch on a Friday night.

Had two close friends die when each had a blood vessel burst, so for me it was life/health insurance. Better to know about any problems now and fix them than find it out the hard way...

Ridiculous! This is one of the oldest medical BS stories out there. Apparently, people have been convinced that the colon is the source of all their misery since ancient times. Colonic "cleansing", purging, etc.. have been a large part of patent "medicines" and fraud for a long time, almost as long as the "power of magnetic bracelets and foor pads"... Don't get me started!

Joe, couldn't help but smile. That's how all good hot food is... burns coming and going. Indian and Thai the hottest cuisines.

Next time eat some more yogurt or milk (if you can).

Actually, for those interested, you can still poop even if you don't eat. What? Mostly bacteria, sloughed mucosa etc. This doesn't mean that there is 10# of cr@p sitting around, just that you have stuff that is constantly produced and needs to be gotten rid of.

If I don't get my greens for a while, then I eat a real big leafy salad, there isn't anything left in me after about 6 hours. Trust me, Nothing. Seriously, ruffage(sp?) is my colonic

I've heard that there's a difference in, er, 'evacuation efficiency' between cultures who sit vs squat. Apparantly squatting is better for getting rid of the last little bit that could be hanging around. Any truth to this??

Vasaline

but you don't eat it....

really, it helps....

this is the *****tiest thread of all time.

....and you can rub the leftovers on your Fuchs! :)

couple bowls of McCann's Irish oatmeal every now and then is all you need.

If you are in serious need, get a colonic

no *****?

you ever had real sichuan food? I've never experienced anything like what I had in Shanghai...and I grew up eating jalapenos, etc.

Part of the fun of traveling, getting to see just how spicy you can find it!

Yah, been there last year too (not kidding). I got overwhelmed with the peppercorns - they serve 'em whole like 5-10 per mouthful. Not hot, just not a taste I like that much.

Jalapenos are not particularly hot. Try some smokin' Habanero's and scotch bonnets raw, and eat the seeds. That gets to be painful. I'd say Vindaloo and Thai food in general (not Pad Thai from down the street restaurant) are still the hottest.

If you ever had a colonoscopy, you'd know this can't be true.

You mean that you feel that you crapped your lungs out after all that stuff they give you the day before??

When I had my colonoscopy they gave me color pics of my insides afterwards. (Fancy Beverly Hills place). Said I had the cleanest ass whole they saw all week. :) :)

I bet you do...I......bet.......you......do.

denis..i bet they tell that to all their customers.. :D mull - play nice! ;)
ryan

Slightly used... ew...

lol. this thread is really the *****..
ryan

A lot of "quacks" equate the bowls and functions as to a drain...

1> they dont need cleaning
2> they dont need flushing or irrigating

eat proper food
eat lots of fibre
go no less than once a day, twice if your good !

laxatives should not be uded unless you are constipated of have a medical need for it and irriogation cleand out the natural lubricants/bile/mucus/health bacteria etc which we need to keep our bowls healthy

and remember your exit hold is an EXIT hole not an entry hole, it's not desiogned for that ! :)

Errr... OK.

I've been asked about the "resideual crap" in the intestines a number of times and have had to, in some cases, s-l-o-w-l-y explain why, in a healthy human with normal peristalsis the build up of any material is almost impossible. That, of course, is based on eating things intended as food for humans, and not nails, glass, and aluminum foil.

There are a variety of diseases that can affect the bowels, but in general, you'll be sick for awhile long before bowel obstruction is an issue.

That said, couch potatoes are at much higher risk for bowel obstruction than are people that get an even basic amount of exercise daily. All of us should walk at least a mile every day.