Gut Issues
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We share many experiences with the kings of old: pastries, for instance,
and home entertainment and vacation trips to far-off lands. Ancient-day
common folk knew nothing of such things. Then again, they weren't
constipated...
We are. Not all of us, of course. But enough Canadians so that some
do ....
Middle of paper
.... system and
then course through the blood stream fueling muscles and nerves. Rather,
when eaten they tumble intact through the stomach and small intestine and
end up in the colon where billions of bacterial feed on them - in turn
producing intestinal gas. No wonder, then, that dietary fibre has been
unwelcome in many of history's nicer neighborhoods.
Even 20th century doctors reasoned that since the bulky material provided
not a single nutrient, it would only strain already troubled guts. ....
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