Is it true that adults have many pounds of stuff permanently stuck in their intestines?
I hear this on the radio all of the time. If you’ll just buy so-and so’s amazing “vita-flush” it will clean the toxins from your colon and you’ll enjoy new vitality, be cancer free, having a stronger immune system, blah, blah, blah. First off, if your were to have a colonoscopy you’d take laxatives or something called “golightly” to clean out your colon (this means the fecal matter…and no, it hasn’t been there for years). They then take a look. If you had “stuff” permanently stuck then they couldn’t see polyps or evaluate the lining (mucosa). Also, part of what I do is look at CAT scans. I’ve seen hundreds, if not thousands, of abdominal scans and I don’t see anything permanently stuck. Honestly, this reminds me of those people you’d see in the old west touting Dr. John’s Miracle Elixer…it will grow hair, cure you from the vapors and take stains out of your clothes! I hope I’m not coming on too strong but I heard one of these “paid advertisements” on the radio this weekend and it w