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Show Notes
Everybody eats, and everybody poops, but in between… that’s where the magic happens! This week we’re talking about everyone’s favorite organic method of removing nutrients from food: digestion!
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And if you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out these links:
[Fact Off]
Throat to small intestine:
Phytobezoars:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4400622/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2673384/
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/apt.12141
[Ask the Science Couch]
Gum composition:
https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/102/2/e22.long
https://patents.google.com/patent/US6986907B2/en
https://pslc.ws/macrog/pib.htm
Swallowed gum:
https://kidshealth.org/en/kids/swallowed-gum.html
http://www.vivo.colostate.edu/hbooks/pathphys/digestion/basics/transit.html
[Butt One More Thing]
Everlasting pill:
https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/antimony-metallic-cleanse-middle-ages
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3037053/
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