Word: bowels
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...truth be told, rather weird at times. His own purification regime involved inordinate attention to the bowel movements of himself and those around him, and he liked testing his powers of self-denial by sleeping naked with young women. Nevertheless, he became not just a political force but a spiritual guide for those repelled by the hate and greed that polluted this century. "Generations to come," said Albert Einstein, "will scarce believe that such a one as this ever in flesh and blood walked upon this earth...
...discipline of the senses. He napped every day with a mud poultice on abdomen and brow. He was so insistent on absolute regularity in his daily regimen that he safety-pinned a watch to his homespun dhoti, synchronized with the clock at his ashram. He scheduled his bowel movements for 20 minutes morning and afternoon. "The bathroom is a temple," he said, and anyone was welcome to chat with him there. He had a cleansing enema every night...
...recommendations also addressed the scope of the questions physicians routinely ask their patients. All women, beginning at 19, for example, should be asked if they have any bladder- or bowel-control problems. While these problems are not very common in younger women, the question is easy enough to ask, and if there is a problem, early intervention could make life a lot more comfortable...
...talent with pizzaz. Now, there's a trace of talent, an occasional whizbanger of pizzaz, and a hell of a lot of screaming. Oh the screaming! It has to rank as the eighth wonder of the world. It shatters ear-drums, gives you an irregular heartbeat, gives you irritable bowel syndrome I felt like I was in a hyena stampede for two hours. Why are these girls fainting, throwing their underwear, crying their eyes out for boys who they can barely see from their nosebleed seats? A blockmate of mine put it succinctly: "Natural selection, baby. Natural selection...
...typical American diet--feed containing the same nutrients found in burgers, fries and other fatty Happy Meal fare. The pigs were also given fiber from potatoes and corn, but some got an extra sprinkle of wheat. These were the lucky pigs. In the lower part of their bowel (where most tumors occur), the pigs had more butyrate, a substance that prevents early cellular damage. For human porkers, about 1 oz. of wheat bran a day may have the same effect...