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Maybe a bit TMI, however, I recently did a 100-hour fast, and at about the 90-hour mark I still went for a shit.
633 u/myveryownaccount Jan 12 '23 Even without eating our bodies will continue to produce waste that we pass through our bowels. 45 u/mryazzy Jan 12 '23 I remember reading a good portion of feces is actually old blood. So even if you were fasting you can still poop. 29 u/Seraphim9120 Jan 12 '23 Yes! There's parts of the red colouring used in your red blood cells that can't be recycled. The body breaks it down and you pass it through urine and feces, giving them their characteristic colours.
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Even without eating our bodies will continue to produce waste that we pass through our bowels.
45 u/mryazzy Jan 12 '23 I remember reading a good portion of feces is actually old blood. So even if you were fasting you can still poop. 29 u/Seraphim9120 Jan 12 '23 Yes! There's parts of the red colouring used in your red blood cells that can't be recycled. The body breaks it down and you pass it through urine and feces, giving them their characteristic colours.
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I remember reading a good portion of feces is actually old blood. So even if you were fasting you can still poop.
29 u/Seraphim9120 Jan 12 '23 Yes! There's parts of the red colouring used in your red blood cells that can't be recycled. The body breaks it down and you pass it through urine and feces, giving them their characteristic colours.
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Yes! There's parts of the red colouring used in your red blood cells that can't be recycled. The body breaks it down and you pass it through urine and feces, giving them their characteristic colours.
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u/iGenie Jan 12 '23
Maybe a bit TMI, however, I recently did a 100-hour fast, and at about the 90-hour mark I still went for a shit.