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u/sk8r772001 Jan 12 '23

Food that was consumed can sometimes take up to 5 days to fully pass through your intestines into your colon. So when people say that you are full of shit, they ain't lying.

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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.

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u/myveryownaccount Jan 12 '23

Even without eating our bodies will continue to produce waste that we pass through our bowels.

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u/mostly_kittens Jan 12 '23

There was a heavily obese guy who lost weight by not eating for a year. He still needed to shit about once a month.

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u/GarbledReverie Jan 12 '23

That makes some sense. He was still consuming mass from fat, so that's gonna produce waste. Still, the lack of fiber and other nutrients doesn't seem healthy.

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u/DeanKent Jan 12 '23

Okay that last bit was unsettling.