Eli5: How does the colon “know” what to absorb. Seeing as it can absorb dissolvable content inserted there. What prevents it from just reabsorbing all the fecal content?
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Sadly, the colander theory is correct. The colon does NOT know what it is absorbing, only that the particles have the “right” shape. How do I know? I was diagnosed with the elegantly named condition, “Leaky Gut Syndrome” many years ago. My colon had been damaged (mostly by stress, it turns out) and was actively absorbing particles that should not have been able to cross the intestinal barrier. Those substances were then degrading my health. I took a year off work and did a whole program to recover. If you think you may have this syndrome, see a naturopath for help. Medical Doctors are useless, because there is no drug or surgery that will help, so there’s “nothing they can do”. It requires lifestyle changes (sometimes drastic). Which they don’t exactly believe in as a “cure” for disease.
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