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How much the colon holds depends on the diet of the individual.
Your intestines are not loaded with "toxins, undigested red meat, and impacted feces". If they were you would be dead.
It takes 10-12 hours for food to travel from the mouth to the end of the small intestine where it is dumped into the large intestine.
This is where diet comes in.
If you are eating an average American diet where fiber, fresh foods, lean meats, and raw nuts and seeds are not being eaten, it takes another 30-40 hours for material to travel through the large intestine(colon). So you can be carrying 6-8 lbs of slow moving waste and feces.
If eating a healthy high fiber diet the transit time in the colon is cut to 10-12 hours and you carry 2-8 lbs of fast moving waste.
With water weighting a little over 2 lbs per quart you can have a quart to 2 gallons of material in the colon.
This answer properly defines the colon as the entire large intestine and rectum.
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The sigmoid colon is the last section of the colon (large intestine).
Another name for the large intestine is the?
Colon
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It is the Ascending colon...
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your colon is attached to your large intestine. It is there to hold waste.
Can a person clean there colon out to much?
A person can clean their colon out too much which will cause irritation.
Can a person live with half a colon?
Yes. There can be some issues with diarrhea but the colon does not so much more than absorb water and hold the stool until defication so people can live quite normal lives with half of it out.
Can the colon hold six quarts?
A human colon could not contain 6 quarts, one-and-a-half gallons. That of a cow probably could.
How much does Bartolo Colon weigh?
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How much does Christian Colon weigh?
MLB player Christian Colon weighs 190 pounds.
What are the two functions of the colon?
1. absorb water and salt 2. hold resulting waste
How much is a colon worth in us dollars?
As of today (01APR2011), one Costa Rican Colon is worth about $0.002 USD. Or, One USD is worth about 500 Colon.
How much money does Bartolo Colon make?
MLB player Bartolo Colon made $9000000 in the 2014 season.
How much does NFL player Willie Colon weigh?
NFL player Willie Colon weighs 315 pounds.
How much red meat was found in John Waynes colon?
There was no red meat found in his colon. By the time red meat or anything else gets to the colon it is unrecognizable as food.
Is it possible that the longer you hold your fart the more noises your colon makes?
It is in fact possible that the longer your hold your fart, the more likely anal leakage will occur.
