Intestinal Tract healing on it's own

I'm at a loss as to what I should do with this blog.

My lawyers hate it, I'm not a doctor, I have no intention of giving medical advice, nor even suggesting medical advice on this blog. Blogs are supposed to be a online diary, a new medium, you read interesting stuff from someone' s perspective.

On the other hand they are still websites, and stuff you claim or alude to on a website can be construed all sorts of ways.

I may just delete this damn thing...

Here's what's up: I had digestive problems, I did not have health insurance, I tried stuff on my own. It worked.

If it doesn't for you I can't help that.

I drank more water (hydrate is good)

I chewed my food more completely.

When my stomach hurt I took baking soda in water because antacids didn't do a thing for me.

That gave me diarrhea, not fun, but better than being doubled over in pain.

I had to determine for myself how much was too much baking soda.

After a time I got the dosage right (right for me). If you do this you're going to de-hydrate yourself, so you've got to drink more water to compensate.

this is getting worse and worse

methinks I'll just delete this blog.

I've seen spam blogs like this. they are full of links to RX sites and snake oil products from overseas pharmacies...

You just can't write what you want to write without someone accusing you of this or that.

Oh well.

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Colon Problems

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One might think of a colon cleanse as a switch from using regular toilet paper to pre-moistened wipes, however the process is much more involved than that. Some popular methods of colon cleansing include colonics (also known as colonic hydrotherapy or colonic irrigation) and taking colon-cleansing supplements. In colonics, cool or warm water is flushed into the rectum through one tube and drained through another tube several seconds to a few minutes later. This procedure is usually repeated several times in one session, often with minerals added to the water. Supplement use involves taking supplements that purportedly cause the colon to shed hardened mucous from its walls and leave the body through numerous bowel movements. Sometimes colon cleansing is also accompanied by a detoxification diet that might include drinking large amounts of water and liquids while avoiding solid foods, or eating only large quantities of raw vegetables, fruits, supplements, or herbal laxatives.

Many claims have been made about the benefits of colon cleaning and detox dieting, such as removal of toxins or hardened fecal matter that may be trapped in the walls of the colon. Loss of toxins and fecal matter is in turn is then supposed to lead to a reduced risk of cancer or weight loss. Although in anecdotal reports some people claim to feel "lighter" or better after a detox diet, there is no scientific evidence that shows these procedures to be effective in removing toxins from the body or providing health benefits. In fact, a healthy human body is naturally well equipped to remove toxins on a daily basis, thanks to the hard work of the liver and kidneys.

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I keep seeing my friends with gastric problems taking antacids, Rolaids and products like those. For me, I prefer regular old Arm and Hammer Baking Soda. A tablespoon of baking soda straightens me out. If I take too much I can get diarrhea, so I have to drink lots of water to replace the fluids. Baking soda costs a tiny fraction of antacid products and simply work better for me. I'm thinking that my intestinal problems are lower in my intestinal tract and not up in my stomach, and antacids are probably for indigestion(a stomach problem).

I'm not a doctor and in no way am I suggesting that you ignore a medical problem, I'm just sharing what works for me.

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Chew your damn food!

For years I always thought it was *cool* to Woof Down my food.

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I thought it was *cute*.

I'm paying for that now.

In the 1994 movie "Milk Money" with Ed Harris, Melody Griffith, and Michael Patrick Carter.

Melanie Griffith,(V) played a woman of the streets who meets up with three boyswho want to see what a girl looks like in the nude.

There is a scene where the father (Ed Harris) encourages his son (Michael Patrick Carter) to eat dinner with a *food race*


There is another popular movie that encourages this Woofing Down your dinner:

Major Payne, 1995

I started down this 'eat too fast' path when I got into body building when I was a teen. I was skinny (not really, but I wanted to be "beefy"). I read somewhere in a muscle magazine that if you ate slowly you'd feel full and want to eat less...

well, I wanted to gain weight (I've always had a fast metabolism so it's been super hard for me to gain, if I did gain, it'd come right back off in less than 2 weeks- fat people hate me)

so I ate fast... in the mistaken belief that I could fill my belly before the "full sensation" made me want to stop feasting.

Well 30 years later (and lots of tooth decay, but that's another post) and my stomach is MESSED UP!!!

Antacids never helped me at all... for me relief has been spelled "Arm and Hammer"

baking soda is a lot cheaper than rolaids too!

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I realize that many people seeing this blog description in the search engines have the opposite metabolic problem from me... they're overweight and have gastric problems of their own:


Gastric bypass problems are a common concern when you are considering having lap band surgery or a roux-en-y procedure. Many of the problems associated with lap band surgery or minor and are next to nothing compared to the health risks of being obese. Some of the problems you may experience with the lap band are:
*Stomach wall deterioration
*Formation of ulcers
*Vomiting
*Heartburn
*Gas bloat
*Difficulty swallowing


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That's all I have time for today

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