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john allan wrote:

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> sometime back that even went as far as discussing the flavour of Provomel

> vanilla soy dessert enhance sperm. or may be that was off list.

 

I think I missed it.

 

> >This is useful to know - I've been merrily eating sunflower seeds.

 

Question - is chewing them okay?

 

> >> if you are going for a " muesli de luxe " , i'd give it a miss unless you

> >> cook it. the mix of carbs [ cereals ] and proteins [ waxy tropical nuts ]

> >> is a hard mix to digest and the mix of fruits and cereal is prone to

 

Why are carbs and proteins hard to digest? They are, after all,

important components of a healthy diet.

 

> it is interesting, we like something sweet to finish a meal culturally

> but also because it help kick the liver into action but often it leads to

> a sense of drowsiness. i wonder if we are becoming drunk on our own inner

> brew. this needs researching before coming to a final deduction.

 

Two alternate explanations

* Sympathetic nervous system switching into action and moving the body's

status to the opposite of the FFF response, concentrating on digestion.

* The low after the sugar high

 

> i guess something folks ought to is read up on how, where and when the

> body works on the food we poke down into it. for example, how the amalyse

> in the mouth gets to work on carbs quickly hence the benefits of chewing

> your rice 50 times but them how it take a journey past the bile duct for

> oily proteins like nuts to be attacked. to remember that the mouth of the

> stomach is tiny little and toothless in comparison the the one at the top

> when we stuff large unchewed or sharp things down or that much is taken

> out slowly from the large intestine if it is in good shape.

 

I remember revising all this! Oh, the pain, the pain ...

 

> you can diagnose quite a lot about the aptness of your diet and the

> condition of your gut from the tone your plop plops. most people have

> lost it delivery heavy compacted submarines instead of healthy little

> floaters as would indicate a system working optimally. most folks have

> intenstines that are " flabby " and inefficient. this is one of the bad

> things about gas because it causes swelling.

 

Now you sound like a characater " Madness of George III " !

 

> dr john

 

What of?

 

(Disclaimer, since we are talking about health: I am a Biochemist, not a

Medic.)

 

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