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Posted by trouble on March 10, 2002, at 20:19:51
Hi,
There's a scary infomercial on tv, about how a bad diet like mine can completely destroy the absorption of nutrients. The doctor covers a sponge w/a paste of white flour and water and lays it in a dye and when he raises it hardly any of the dye ("nutrients") have clung to the sponge. He says this is how the intestinal track works.
He's selling a cleansing system that is supposed to get rid of the white flour coating so the nutrients can get into the body, but it's expensive and I don't know if I should save up to order it or what. I am just now making tentative steps, w/the help of folks on this board, to introduce nutrients into my body and I've spent a month's of wages on supplements and powders and stuff already. I'm worried that this is a waste of money, since I've lived on pizza and burgers all my life, if anyone has an impenetrable sponge it has to be me.
I was wondering if, to save the expense could I go on a fiber diet to clean things up, Metamucill I can afford!!
Thanks for your response,
trouble
Posted by IsoM on March 10, 2002, at 20:49:50
In reply to Nutrient absorption concerns, posted by trouble on March 10, 2002, at 20:19:51
Trouble, avoid that treatment like the plague. Your intestines are self-cleaning. If you haven't eathen well & start a healthy diet, you may suffer from intestinal gas for a while but your body has remarkable healing powers. You don't need a 'septic tank'-type clean out.
Posted by trouble on March 10, 2002, at 20:56:37
In reply to Re: Nutrient absorption concerns » trouble, posted by IsoM on March 10, 2002, at 20:49:50
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