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The Road to Health is Paved with Good Intestines #6: The Large Intestine and Its Microbial Inhabitants.

Posted on September 12, 2013 by Dr. Peter Knight, ND
Category: Digestive Health

In my last blog post, we made our way through the 22 feet of the small intestine. Once what has remained of our food completes that journey, it goes through a gate called the illeocecal valve and finds its way into the large intestine. The large intestine is only about 5 feet long but the... Read more »
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The Road to Health is Paved with Good Intestines #3 – The Esophagus

Posted on January 21, 2013 by Dr. Peter Knight, ND
Category: Digestive Health, Supplements

by Peter Knight ND When last we left our journey through the digestive tract, we had prepared ourselves to eat in a relaxed state, we took a bite of food, and chewed it well to get the digestive process started. Now its time to swallow. We go through the act of swallowing countless times a... Read more »
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