COPROSTASIS: The Culprit of Chronic Diseases (Prevention and Solution)
Our large intestine tract which is also referred to as colon or large bowel is about 1.6 meter which is around 5 feet long and about 3 inches in diameter; it can only accumulate waste that is formed by six meals of food. Beyond that, the waste will flow back to the small intestine. In other words if our body does not eliminate the food that comes into the body after 18 - 20 hours of digestion, it is hard to guarantee that our body will not absorb the toxic from the waste itself and interrupt the normal function of small intestine in nutrient absorption. Our large intestine tract is curvy and because of this, if our eating habit is improper, most probably not all the undigested food residue can be eliminated from our body; instead, it accumulates in our intestine. It should be noted that if undigested food residue is trapped too long in our digestive tract, harmful bacteria will start to decay the food and release some toxins like methane, histamine and ammonia in our body. T...