Both my grandmothers had diverticulitis, and my understanding is that it
isn't very rare at all.

C

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Raw Food Diet Support List
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Stefan Jöst
> Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 3:25 PM
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> Subject: Old matter in the colon? (was: HOW TO EAT A CORRECT VEGAN DIET)
>
>
> Liza wrote:
> >All nonsense. No time to write now - didn't read other posts today about
> >colons, but I'll quickly put in my two cents here - colon walls shed and
> >rebuild every day. Stuff doesn't cling, or if it does, it's out of there
> >soon. No GI, no colon cancer specialist, no colonic hydrotherapist, no
> >patient of any bowel related disorder who has to have frequent
> >monitoring of thier colon, no one I have ever talked to, in all my years
> >in this field, has ever said that they've seen "ancient fecal matter" or
> >anything else "clinging" to the wall of the intestine.
>
> I agree. I heard the same from surgeons who have seen hundreds of
> colons after the patient's death. There are definitely   n o   old
> fecal matters. The colon is always clean. Else it would not function.
>
> There is an illness called "diverticulitis" (sp?) where the colon
> builds separate pockets along its walls and fills them with its
> contents. Maybe this would come very near to "ancient fecal matter".
> But this disease is rare and far from being common.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Stefan