Musings from 20th Street – Benefits of Coffee Enemas

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…”In some of the literature coffee enemas are used as an analgesic or pain med. As the story goes, in World War I nurses had coffee pots going around the clock. Surgeons drank it to stay awake working horrendously long shifts. Enema bags hung around as some patients needed help moving their bowels.”…

Musings from 20th Street: The Scoop on Poop

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…”We now know that sitting on a modern toilet places your health at risk. Non-Westernized societies, in which people squat rather than sit, do not have the high prevalence of bowel disease seen in developed nations; in some cultures with traditional lifestyles, these diseases are virtually unknown. There’s compelling evidence suggesting the Western toilet is, at least in part, responsible not only for constipation and hemorrhoids, but also more severe health problems like inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), appendicitis, and even heart attacks—caused by the disruption of blood flow and straining.”…

Musings from 20th Street – Going Upside-Down at the Woodstock Fruit Festival

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…”Clearly, if we could diminish the force of gravity on our bodies, we could, as well, diminish the sagging muscles in our faces that give some of us, after the age of 50 or 60, jowls and necks that we hate seeing in the mirror. If we could diminish the force of gravity, we can diminish the crowding of our internal organs that occurs because our insides, as well as our outsides, start to sag, thus making them less efficient. In short, if we could reverse the force of gravity on our bodies, we would look and feel younger.”…