Does beef really clog up your intestines on a long-term basis

[Polish3d]

I've often read that red meat will clog a person's intestines in the long-term, causing an undesirable buildup of 'crap' over the years. Things like "there are 10lbs of undigested junk in your intestines left over from years of eating red meat et al, which can cause a decline in health and the ability of the intestines to absorb nutrients, etc"

Is this accurate? Anyone have any solid info about this?

 

[CrazyLazy]

Only if it is alternator sized.

 

[yhelothar]

Where did you read that? Fiber supplement ads?

 

[So]

:laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh:

No. It does not.

Seriously, how to people get away with spreading this stuff?

 

[imported_Imp]

I don't know. If it does, the owner of said intestines probably doesn't clean it out with anything green on a regular basis.

 

[MotF Bane]

Originally posted by: So
:laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh:

No. It does not.

Seriously, how to people get away with spreading this stuff?

Warning labels let them live long enough to write something.

 

[Pliablemoose]

Why yes, your intestines are like a sewer pipe, the stuff collects on the walls of your intestines and slowly your poop becomes pencil sized.

The only cure is to shove a hamster named Lemmiwinks up your ass.

(My apologies to PETA, small mammals, South Park and Richard Gere for this post)

 

[Jeff7]

A buildup of crap? Eventually you'd weigh 500lbs, or else you'd die because of a blocked intestine, or malnutrition from your intestines being lined with an insulating layer of poop.


But that sound bite in the OP sounds like something out of those "colonic irrigation" infomercials.

Originally posted by: Pliablemoose
Why yes, your intestines are like a sewer pipe, the stuff collects on the walls of your intestines and slowly your poop becomes pencil sized.

The only cure is to shove a hamster named Lemmiwinks up your ass.

(My apologies to PETA, small mammals, South Park and Richard Gere for this post)

I was going to suggest the extra-strength cure: Paris Hilton. But that would just add to the problem.

 

[halik]

Originally posted by: Pliablemoose
Why yes, your intestines are like a sewer pipe, the stuff collects on the walls of your intestines and slowly your poop becomes pencil sized.

The only cure is to shove a hamster named Lemmiwinks up your ass.

(My apologies to PETA, small mammals, South Park and Richard Gere for this post)

:music: Lemmiwinks, lemmiwinks :music:

 

[PottedMeat]

Originally posted by: Jeff7
A buildup of crap? Eventually you'd weigh 500lbs, or else you'd die because of a blocked intestine, or malnutrition from your intestines being lined with an insulating layer of poop.


But that sound bite in the OP sounds like something out of those "colonic irrigation" infomercials.

Originally posted by: Pliablemoose
Why yes, your intestines are like a sewer pipe, the stuff collects on the walls of your intestines and slowly your poop becomes pencil sized.

The only cure is to shove a hamster named Lemmiwinks up your ass.

(My apologies to PETA, small mammals, South Park and Richard Gere for this post)

I was going to suggest the extra-strength cure: Paris Hilton. But that would just add to the problem.

Yeah stop listening to the guy that looks like a rat/car salesman.

 

[Eeezee]

That's absolutely ridiculous. Red meat passes through your intestines just like anything else. It's not as healthy as a nice big salad, but it doesn't "block your intestines"

 

[CPA]

Maybe if it was eaten in bulk sizes, but 10lbs is NOT bulk.

 

[brxndxn]

Originally posted by: CPA
Maybe if it was eaten in bulk sizes, but 10lbs is NOT bulk.

10lbs in one sitting seems like bulk to me..

But then again, you would need like 10lbs of fiber to make it bulky..

 

[thomsbrain]

No, it does not. In fact, if you give red meat to a vegetarian, they will have the exact OPPOSITE problem. Ka-BLAM! And since they are usually the ones spouting that kind of anal fetish "clean colon" new-age spaceman bullshit, you know it's just that: bullshit. Because if they tried meat again, they'd find out really quickly just how wrong they are.

Ironically, fully cleaning out your intestines can make you VERY sick, because you NEED the bacteria that builds up in there to digest your food. You get that bacteria by consistently eating a given food. That's why when you give a vegetarian meat, they get the shits. They have allowed the healthy bacteria in their intestines to die out by artificially restricting their diets, and they can't digest meat properly anymore. So they get the same effect as anyone who eats a ton of fiber: tons of material they can't digest, and it all wants to come out. People who get regular enemas are in an even worse situation: In addition to losing the bacteria they need to digest food, the colon quickly loses the ability to "pass stools." That means you HAVE to keep getting the enemas, or you'll get so constipated that you get sick.

In short, eat normal food at normal intervals and stay the fuck away from your asshole if you want to be healthy. Millions of years of evolution have it all worked out, so enjoy your food and don't worry about it.

 

[Vehemence]

YOU GON DIE, HONKEY!

 

[CKent]

If it says so in late-nite infomercials, what's not to believe?

In reality consumption of too little fiber (or other factors such as genetics or chronic dehydration) can sometimes lead to diverticulosis

But the claims of buildup found at death in John Wayne and Elvis Presley were false, and the products they sell don't do anything. Want a healthy colon, eat a healthy diet with lots of fiber.

Edited because I link as well as the OP detects bullshit.

 

[uberman]

That's absolute crap! Dr. Dean Edel exposes that myth all the time. It is nonsense. I'm also a cattle rancher and I enjoy raw meat, even pork. It's a German thing. Sometimes I get my stool samples checked for parasites. I've yet to test positive.

 

[RichUK]

Righto...

 

[queenrobot]

I don't know if that is absolutely true, but my husband doesn't eat red meat of any kind because he says it fvcks up his digestion too much.

 

[Bignate603]

I just started eating more fruit and veggies and I've been crapping my brains out. It's terrible.