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Don Wiss <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 13 Apr 2004 19:30:17 -0400
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Lurisia Dale posted:

 >I think this is an urban legend,

 >"The average 55 year-old American male has 5 lbs of
 >undigested red meat in his
 >colon."

It is an urban legand. It has no logic. The purpose of the colon is to
absorb water. If the walls were caked with anything, as the colon cleansing
people claim, it wouldn't be able to absorb the water and the person would
have constant diarrhea.

Don.

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