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| PERISTALSIS |
As soon as your food enters your esophagus, your body begins the process of peristalsis. It continues into
your stomach, through your small intestines, right on to your large intestine, and eventually through your
anus when you eliminate.
Some people compare the movement of peristalsis to milking a cow: pinch and squeeze, pinch and squeeze.
Every squeeze moves food—and wastes—forward for digestion and eventually, elimination.
Your colon health depends on healthy peristalsis.
A strong, sustained wave of peristalsis occurs in the colon two or three times a day (usually
after a meal), which forces the waste material into the last part of the large intestine (the
rectum) and prompts the urge to poop.
The walls of your digestive tract contain a special type of muscle known as smooth muscle.
(insert pic) The fibers (long cells that make up muscles) squeeze together one after the
other, which sends waves of squeezing motions along the walls of the passage. As each group
of muscle fibers squeezes together in the walls of the intestine, the passageway inside the
intestine gets smaller. After the food passes, the muscle walls relax.
You can visualize it this way. Imagine placing some food, such as applesauce, at one end of a
straw. If you squeezed the straw together directly before the area where the applesauce is
located, the applesauce would move forward through the straw.
Can you influence peristalsis in your body? No, not really. Peristalsis occurs spontaneously,
unconsciously, and involuntarily. Such movement is referred to as motility.
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This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.
If you need medical attention, consult your health care professional.
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