johngohde@naturalhealthperspective.com
6/22/2006 10:22:00 AM
msamson11975@yahoo.ca wrote:
> Doc John wrote:
> In reality, any
> > plant based diet will create flatulence since not everything is
> > completely digested. People who suffer from excess flatulence might
> > also be suffering from excess bacteria and a lack of the proper flora
> > in their intestines.
>
> Bullshit. Plant foods consist of 30-40% of my diet and I don't get
> gas. Enter beans, grains, and starches and the gas commences. It has
> nothing to do with "excess" bacteria at all. The bacteria in the gut
> (primarily colon, as the small intestine doesn't have much bacteria)
> simply have a field day on the offending foods, which probably isn't
> the healthiest and safest thing.
Ooooh, really? These bacterial don't eat vegetables then? They must
be Breatherians, since they can live on air until you consume beans,
grains, or starches?
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Doc John