Deadliest Traffic Jam

On the highway of twists and turns, where patrols set traps and commuter traffic is always congested we just pray the blockage will just soon pass without a hitch. But more often than not those slow downs, delays and sirens heard off in the distance are usually forewarning us theirs trouble up ahead. But most just crank up the radio and sing along to the tune or take a cat nap knowing eventually the jam will dissolve and pass.
Sound familiar? It should you have a highway hidden within you that is about 25 feet long! Your intestines!
I know... touchy subject, well at least for a majority of us it is! Let's step back a minute and see if we remember our biology...The small intestine is divided into 3 sections: upper, jejunum, and ileum. The lining of the small intestine secretes a hormone called secretin, which stimulates the pancreas to produce digestive enzymes.The large intestine has a larger width but is only 5 feet long. The large intestine is divided into 6 parts: cecum, ascending colon, transverse colon, descending colon, sigmoid colon, and rectum. Whew!

Now if you eat perfectly throughout life these connected sections should never give you a problem but lets face it 99% of humans don't, and the pesticides, agricultural farming and added hormones don't help either.
Most of us eat crappy diets but do you pour bacon fat down your kitchen drain? No! At least you better not otherwise, your septic tank is going to need service very soon or backup and flood your backyard. So why do we continue to eat that double-patty hamburger with cheese, mayo, special sauce, and bacon ... which has 160 calories, 10 grams of fat, and 370 mg of sodium? Oh I see, convenience right? Or how about that yummy pizza every weekend? Meat Lover's: 890 calories, 49 grams of fat. The fact is that society lost its way a long time ago. And to try and maintain a healthy diet is nearly impossible these days. Sure you can be a vegan or a vegetarian but in every short cut or avoidance of proteins or flesh is another misfire in the chambers of your pistons.

All these problems can be seen obviously if we just look back and check to see what our exhaust pipe left behind. We think of ourselves as indestructible in our youth, even into our 20's but behind the scenes future scenarios are setting stage, little twangs and pings are generating enough gas to light a fire under your a**, so stop ignoring things!
Everybody always laugh when someone says "Yeah corn goes in and comes out the same", ever really wonder why? Well i did some research and here's what I found out. Man in primitive times had large molars and incisors and they chewed there food much better, they also were adapted to eating a lot more plant matter than meat. So through evolution our digestive tracts have also changed. Eating corn isn't really natural for us, eating corn only came about a few thousand years ago, we ate maize a lot but it is mashed. So our digestive track can use it and pass it along in this form. Plus we have much smaller teeth than primitive man did and we generally do not chew our foods well, so while some kernels are chewed many are just swallowed instead.

Here is a mini list of foods that are extremely hard on our digestive track:
Corn
Cow's milk (Lactose)
Broccoli
Hydrogenated oils
Processed meat
Red Meat
Gluten
Pepper (doesn't digest, but tastes great)

Does your poop smell? Does your partner/wife have to open a window after you've been in the bathroom? Does your dog hide under the furniture in fear of being blamed for that smell? Then honey you've got a problem! Your poop shouldn't smell, fact is if it's gooey, sticky, slimy, smelly, it's unhealthy! If it looks like a deer has been in your house then you are not consuming enough fiber or water! Constipation? means problems related to stress and diet. Runny?, you either have some sort of infection or illness, or may have consumed something that your body doesn't like. Does it take forever?, this isn't necessarily bad. Some folks just have slow pipes. Ideally, you’ll have a bowel movement daily around the same time. But there are some people who simply don’t, yet they’re healthy. If it hurts, barring a legitimate health condition, there again you may simply not be getting enough fiber and water in your diet.
It seems many symptoms are related to fiber and water. I know this has been a major issue throughout my lifetime, well at least since I left home at the age of 15. I never really pooped on a daily basis, I figured maybe I just used up everything that went in, or because I couldn't afford food much in my early days, my body just couldn't sacrifice letting go of anything. I got polyps by late 20's. How I knew I had a polyp was because I always look behind and accounted for everything coming out and noticed an indentation along the side of my bowel movement and had some pain while doing so. It turned out and I thankfully spoke to my doctor who later confirmed this.I had diverticulitis many times in my thirties.
My grandmother died of colon cancer. So now if i feel symptomatic I know I need fiber and water a.s.a.p. and generally have been able to keep them under control. In between those I also had IBS(Irritable Bowel Syndrome) And because I suffered these aliments so early it is also a warning sign that I am a prime candidate for colon cancer partly because of my lack of knowledge and hereditary is playing a role in this.
Seriously if unattended, or not nurtured, it will be your last traffic jam in life. Because ugly little things like Colon Cancer, Diverticulitis, Polyps, feed on your poor judgments in consumption and some of these are simply hereditary so please check with your families and beware of the possibilities of what your future may hold for you.

Helpful Info to Memorize:
Diverticulitis:
Common signs and symptoms of Diverticulitis is pain that's often sudden, severe, and located in the lower left side of the abdomen. Less commonly, abdominal pain may be mild at first, and become worse over several days, possibly fluctuating in intensity, Change in bowel habits, Abdominal tenderness,
Fever, Nausea and vomiting, Constipation, Diarrhea,
Less common signs and symptoms of diverticulitis may include: Bloating, Bleeding from your rectum

Colon Polyps
A polyp is a growth that occurs in the colon and other organs. These growths, or fleshy tumors, are shaped like a mushroom or a dome-like button, and occur on the inside lining of the colon. They may be as small as a tiny pea or larger than a plum. Colon polyps start out as benign tumors but in time may become malignant. The larger the polyp, the more likely it is to contain cancer cells.

IBS: Symptoms of Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Irritable bowel syndrome is characterized by a group of symptoms in which abdominal pain or discomfort is associated with a change in bowel pattern, such as loose or more frequent bowel movements, diarrhea, and/or constipation. Some specific symptoms are: stool frequency (may be defined as greater than 3 bowel movements per day and less than 3 bowel movements per week),Abnormal stool form (lumpy/hard or loose/watery stool). Abnormal stool passage (straining, urgency, or feeling of incomplete evacuation)Passage of mucus, Bloating or feeling of abdominal distension.
Irritable bowel syndrome is one of the most common ailments of the intestines and affects an estimated 15% of the United States population. It is the most common disease diagnosed by doctors.

Crohn's Disease,
The most common symptoms of Crohn's disease are: loss of appetite, abdominal pain, often in the lower right area, joint pain, fatigue, green stool, sores around the anal area and diarrhea. Sometimes rectal bleeding, weight loss, and fever may occur. Bleeding may be serious and persistent, leading to anemia.
Also called ileitis or regional enteritisis or colitis, is an inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), the general name for diseases that cause inflammation in the intestines.

These are just a few I know of, so run a search for the symptoms you're having and you can usually find the info to lead you in the right direction, as always talk to your personal physician. Dont ever feel embarrassed we all have butts and a little pain to check a problem out now might just safe your life!