Marilyn Harris wrote: >Hi David; > >I'm wondering if that material was the lining itself that sloughed off >(which is a normal process as I understand?) and then, because of the lack >of food and therefore minimal/no peristalsis, remained in your system and >died , turning black and then hardening over time. Once it got sufficiently >hard, peristaltic action then resumed discharging it from the body? > >Marilyn > > I talked with Dr. Bernarr last night and now think that what I experienced was just the colon contents that had dried up over the 37 days. Your statement describes it well. >----- Original Message ----- >From: "David Karas" <[log in to unmask]> >Sent: Friday, March 11, 2005 10:58 PM >Subject: Re: mucoid plaque in the colon - another myth > > >>Tom, >> >>I had a personal experience that supports the idea of something lining >>the colon of people. It was May of 1967 and I was 29. I had lived a >>normal life to that time, eating everything that I liked. No colonics >>ever. I had bought and read Herbert Shelton' s book Fasting Can Save >>Your Life and decided to try a water fast. I ended up fasting at home >>for 48 days and could easily have gone longer and probably should have. >>Dr. Shelton warned against doing colonics. He said that they would >>interfere with the body's natural healing abilities. I went 37 days >>without a bowel movement. When I felt the urge I dashed to the bathroom. >>What came out was curved BLACK hard pieces that had been lining my colon >>and a whitish mucus(?).The only place it could have come from was my >>colon. The fasting process could possibly have created this but I really >>think that it was really was lining my colon most of my life. >> >>Any comments? >> >>Dave >>