Blog Search for: Chronic Constipation: Part 6 of 9 on ELIMINATION You always hear about how when Elvis and John Wayne were autopsied, they had 10 or 20 lbs. of impacted fecal material in their digestive tract due to chronic constipation…. Relief for Intestinal Gas and Bloating: Part 5 of 9 on ELIMINATION A healthy bowel produces minimal flatulence, none of it foul-smelling or causing pressure, swelling, or pain. Gas is, as Dr. Jensen describes it, “putrefactive fermentations” of undigested proteins. In other… Natural Laxatives: Part 4 of 9 on ELIMINATION It’s important that we keep the colon and lower intestine clean and powerfully peristaltic. The answer isn’t to gag down some chemically reduced Metamucil stirred into water, while eating… Relieving Constipation . . . part 3 of 9 on ELIMINATION When I was 25, I was in the middle of a period of having left behind the solid nutritional education and background I’d come from. I was at work… Foods That Cause Constipation: Part 2 of 9 about Elimination Yesterday, pee. Today, poop. Green bowel movements are completely normal (that’s the plant fiber in all those greens you’re eating!). Take a look at the horse poo you… Green Feces . . . part 1 of 9 on the subject of ELIMINATION (yes, pee, poo, flatulence, colon cleansing, the whole 9 yards) Dear GreenSmoothieGirl: This is kind of a personal (and slightly embarrassing) question here but I really need to ask it. I have read that dark colored urine means that all… help your community: organize a co-op! Many GSG.com readers are leaders. You may not think of yourself that way, but are you always organizing things? Are people starting to come to you for advice,… What do YOU spend on groceries? I have wondered this for years and was so interested and enlightened to learn, on a Yahoo group I belong to, what others spend on groceries in a month. … “The Plural of Anecdote is Not Data”: Part 4 of 4 Third, is the study reliable? This is the second basic research standard, and it means is the research repeatable with consistent results? Reliability is one of the best things… “The Plural of Anecdote is Not Data” (Part 3 of 4) This is an excerpt from the intro of 12 Steps to Whole Foods. Advances in the field of nutrition are taking place faster than ever in history. For… “the plural of anecdote is not data” . . . part 2 of 4 We have some strange logical fallacies that cause us to NOT learn what health and nutrition really are. (That, and lots of voices compete in the world of nutrition,… “The plural of anecdote is not data” . . . part 1 of 4 I’m still laughing since I read that most excellent quote–thanks, Katie! When I’m teaching my college students elemental data analysis and research, I tell them my two pet peeves about…