Wed Jan 14, 2009 6:28 pm
alright, so one of my coworkers does this every 6 months for at least 10 days. he has a pretty dramatic story about overcoming some gnarly gastrointestinal problems - including passing a bottle cap sized slug of calcium that was apparently stuck to the lining of his colon. he is always preaching about this and while i might be tempted to try it, i'm pretty sure i'd be useless around the house for the duration and the wife and kids wouldn't thank me.
however, i figured i'd at least test part of it, so one saturday morning i tried the saltwater rinse. homie at work said you drink a laxative tea at night followed by a quart of water with about a teaspoon of water dissolved in it. sleep two or so more hours and then get up and be prepared to ride a wave of watery brownness. his logic was that the gravity of the saltwater solution matches that of your blood so it goes straight through your stomach and floods your intestines. since we deal alot with gravity brewing beer, i called bullshit. i figured your body would absorb a little o the water or the salt and throw the balance off and then you'd absorb the rest.
um, i was wrong. i spent most of the morning on the crapper, laughing my er, ass off, and while i wasn't measuring, i can be sure that whole damn quart came back out. the bonus was that my farts didn't stink for about a week.
anyhow...
