How to Help Your Colon Do Its Job (ePub)

We have organized our book, How to Help Your Colon Do its Job, in five parts and twenty-six chapters. There are thirty-four illustrations. Part One describes and illustrates the anatomy and functions of the human digestive system. Part Two discusses ways to help normal colons work better. Part Three talks about some of its common troubles and fixes. Part Four goes into more serious colon problems, and Part Five deals with related subjects.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

PART ONE

CHAPTER 1 - ANCESTORS AND DIGESTION

CHAPTER 2 - THE MOUTH AND THROAT

CHAPTER 3 - THE STOMACH

CHAPTER 4 - THE SMALL INTESTINE

CHAPTER 5 - THE GARBAGE TRUCK

CHAPTER 6 - THE RECTUM

PART TWO

CHAPTER 7 - EXERCISE AND FITNESS

CHAPTER 8 - WATER AND URINE

CHAPTER 9 - FIBER

CHAPTER 10 - THE STRAIGHT POOP

CHAPTER 11 - DOIN' WHAT COMES NATURALLY

PART THREE

CHAPTER 12 - ACUTE CONSTIPATION AND FIXES

CHAPTER 13 - CHRONIC CONSTIPATION AND FIXES

CHAPTER 14 - PREVENTING DIARRHEA

CHAPTER 15 - DIARRHEA

CHAPTER 16 - DIARRHEA FIXES

CHAPTER 17 - FLATULENCE

PART FOUR

CHAPTER 18 - MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS

CHAPTER 19 - THE YOUNG GARBAGE TRUCK

CHAPTER 20 - THE PREGNANT GARBAGE TRUCK

CHAPTER 21 - GARBAGE TRUCK TROUBLE

CHAPTER 22 - THE COLON EXAM

CHAPTER 23 - RECTAL TROUBLE

CHAPTER 24 - THE AGING GARBAGE TRUCK

PART FIVE

CHAPTER 25 - DIF'RENT STROKES

CHAPTER 26 - INCIDENTAL INFORMATION

We sincerely hope our readers will enjoy our work, and that it may prove useful. But one caution: This book is written for the healthy adult reader, for general information only, and does not purport to diagnose or treat any bodily condition. As we say repeatedly in it, we strongly advise anyone with any signs or symptoms described herein to get immediate professional medical attention.

Wilson White

Vikram Tarugu, M.D.