Hi, N. I am no expert on how the digestion works by any means nor am I a
medical professional. I just share what I DO know
and what I have experienced over the years.
I had an interesting conversation with my doc some years ago who told me a
few things I had no clue about. We have a large and
a small intestine, right? The small intestine is a kazillion ft long or
some such but, guess what? Everything is liquid in the small
intestine and stays liquid. Now our large intestine is only about 6 ft
long or thereabouts. That... that is where the water (fluid) is
removed/recycled and where the compaction is accomplished in preparation
for evacuation from the body. I had no idea that
that was how things worked. Unless you are a health professional, it isn't
a subject that would come up in casual conversation,
ya know? Anyhow, diarrhea is just everything coming straight from the
small intestine with the fluid/water not being saved
or recycled by the body. That is why it is so easy to get profoundly
dehydrated from diarrhea.
You have got my curiosity up and tomorrow when my brain is a little fresher
I am going to look up the digestive system. We know
the gut flora and fauna extract minerals and nutrients from the food we
eat. Is that extraction confined to the small intestine? Is
bacteria the same in the large and the small intestine? Are there
different bacteria doing different jobs? Pont being, do bacteria
in the large intestine have a role in the compaction that goes on in the
large intestine? When a good portion of them are killed
off, would that explain the diarrhea? Why would we have the same reaction
from antibiotic use as we would from a mild case
of food poisoning or stomach flu? Boy.. the body is smart, isn't it?
So, I have no definite answer for you because, frankly, I don't know. I
have shared with you all that I do know for sure. Your theories
are speculation and they could be right or they could be wrong. I am not
knowledgeable enough to have an informed opinion,
to be truthful. But... an interesting discussion. Lola H.
On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 2:13 AM, Neville <one.red...@hotmail.com> wrote:
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> Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2014 22:51:59 -0400
> Subject: Re: CS>CS and constipation
> From: phoenix23...@tds.net
> To: silver-list@eskimo.com
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> A common side effect of a course of antibiotics is diarrhea which is why
> one is encouraged to take probiotics or eat a lot of yogurt with live
> cultures to replace the gut flora and fauna. Antibiotics kill off
> everything.. the good and the bad, not 100% of course, but enough to cause
> problems.
>
> ---- I've trimmed your post for relevancy to me ----
>
> ## Hmmm, OK, and yeah I understand about the 100% thing. I know
> antibiotics are non discriminatory and take out both good and bad, however,
> I'm still having a little trouble with antibiotics causing diarrhea
> though. Not disagreeing with you you understand. If the friendly flora
> exist to assist in the digestive process, and a suitable proportion of
> those "goodies" are killed off, then would that not mean food is not broken
> down properly in readiness for evacuation? This then encourages me to
> believe if food is not digested or broken down adequately we will have
> difficulty with stool consistency, therefore difficulty in evacuating.
>
> Some pain medications can cause horrific constipation due to the pain
> medications putting everything to 'sleep', so to speak.
>
> ## Ah, this then could be what caused the constipation I referred to with
> the mate, not the antibiotics so much but the pain killers instead - but -
> it doesn't clear up my supposition regarding the goodie die off and
> constipation? No goodies to promote proper digestion of food, no poopies,
> hence the introduction of probiotics to replace the "goodies", which will
> reactivate the digestive processes and encourage the poopies...Yes/No?
>
> Bear or bare with me on this if you will. I'm finding it difficult to
> understand how if friendly flora are destroyed, be it by antibiotics or
> silver, foodstuffs will not be digested properly and constipation will not
> be the end result?
>
> Many folks with constipation need to drink plenty of water and eat fiber
> foods to give the gut lubrication and bulk. I have taken cs for twenty
> years or more off and on and never have had it cause any gut issues.
>
> ## I too have been ingesting EIS for a number of years and have never
> experienced any issues. I know the "lubrication" part as I can still
> remember as a kid being given a table spoon of Paraffin Oil {or liquid
> Paraffin medicinal?} as a lubricant when I was bogged up.
>
> N.
>
> Lola H.
>
