I ate corn for the first time in at least a week less than 5 hours ago. I just took a crap and there was corn in it. Now, I understand why corn does not get digested very well sometimes, but how does it go through so quick? This corn was mixed with stuff I ate 29 hours ago. What gives?
And a question of equal importance I think: What did you eat 29 hours ago that you were able to identify it as the corn’s companion on the way out? Corn’s one of the few things that passes all the way through recognizably.
Roast beef.
I could tell by the smell and grease that floated to the top.
Corn and roast beef? Phew! I feel for you.
Somewhere around here, I have a recipe for green velvet cake (like the red variety, excepting that it substitutes prodigious amounts of green food coloring) that can reliably be tracked on the other end. Maybe an experiment can be developed?
Even more important question: why are you studing your bowel contents so intently? I thought that sort of thing disappeared in the 18th century
When my older son was a baby, he was plagued with chronic diarrhea. His mother and I consulted doctors, read books, talked to friends and family, and spent a fortune on electrolyte supplements to keep the kid whole. It took months, but we finally found the cause – corn. Any time my boy ingested corn – even as a minor ingredient in a jar of that putrid stuff they call baby food – within an hour, he could shit through a keyhole without splattering.
What put us onto corn was an offhand remark my mother had made about my own bouts with loose bowels when I was a baby. She had always suspected that corn may have been the culprit.
As to how it passes through your system so quickly, I dunno. As for contemplating the appearance of my leavings, well, I don’t put a lot of time into it these days, but don’t you think those bright yellow spots are sorta decorative? They lend a bit of color to an otherwise bleak landscape, IMO.
Is the baby you’re referring to over a year old?
I was always told not to give corn to a baby under 1 year.
Toilets in Germany are built with a special platform to allow easy inspection of your ‘business’. They take it quite seriously over there - in fact it’s probably quite a good thing to do, as the colour/consistency/flavour* of your stools no doubt provides a reasonable indication of the overall health of your digestive tract.
One friend of mine, upon moving into a new flat in Germany, even discovered a box of latex gloves next to the toilet to ‘aid inspection’, but I think that is taking things a leetle too far :eek:
*[sup]ahem… perhaps not[/sup]
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Quirm**, I am so happy you posted. For years I have wondered why German stools were built like that. I would never have thought of the thing being set up to examine the deposit. Given the healing mud baths and the drinking of the stinking waters and the healthy air zones I should not be surprised. Damn, a guy can find out some really obscure stuff on this board.
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I have no answer, I only want to add that I have wondered this for a very long time. If I ate say fondue over a dinner a couple nights ago, then the stool today will be very light in color (lots of white cheeses, cream and bread), roast beef last night will produce a far darker firmer (tastier?) stool tomorrow. So WHY does the corn come out a day earlier then all the other stuff I ate with it, the stuff I ate 2 nights ago is evidenced by the color/texture/ease of passage. I think this addresses ** SC_Wolf ‘s** Identification question.
MAN, I don’t believe I’m posting this!
it may be a form of natural roughage which is yellow so you can see it clearly to know the digestive process is functioning correctly
if you cant see it you have the runs and should desist from eating corn till the biliarum levels are re instated.
its just going through the motions of looking at your excretia which can be done at your convenience
and where are the smilies please
Hmm, still no idea why it is able to preempt food that is already waiting in queue for excretion…weird.
Even if it was heavier than other foods, I don’t think that would make a difference, as the digestive tract doesn’t go straight down, it has to be moved against gravity in sections of the intestines through peristalsis. How can the inside of my intestines sort food?
it could be the peristaltic action can move more solid elements easier and more effectively than those whose constituency tends towards liquid.
try moving your hand through water, cement and sand…?
gravity is definately not a factor as you point out but particle size may be.
I’m told Nulytely is even faster than corn… I’ll let you know Tuesday. 
Maybe I shouldn’t post this?
Corn Zombie!
You know it’s going to be a long day when admins start resurrecting these things…
This question still hasn’t been answered. Guess it’s a hard kernel to crack.
The answer to the question you’ve all waited 10 years to hear:
Corn can get through your body so quickly because it knows a thing or two about (the intestinal) maize.