Re: Taking psyllium fiber every day harmful?

In article <Xns96B7B6060B924ebohlmanomsdevcom@xxxxxxxxxxx>,
Eric Bohlman <ebohlman@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> OmManiPadmeOmelet <Omelet@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
> news:Omelet-6D7EA1.15132218082005@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:
>
> > In article <4oo9g159kgvkfs3mvukmpel19pd7eqhp3k@xxxxxxx>,
> > Just Cocky <just@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> >Transit time IMHO should _not_ be 72 hours.
> >> >
> >>
> >> Of course not! Did I insinuate that anywhere?
> >
> > Sorry... did not mean to intimate that you did. :-)
> > I work in health care and abstinance time for most special stool
> > testing is 72 hours to make sure the bowels are clear of specific
> > subtances, hence that number......72 hours seems to be normal for the
> > general (crappy diet) population.
>
> Stop and think statistically for a moment. 72 hours can't be the *typical*
> transit time because if it were, about half the people being tested would
> *still* have those specific substances in their bowels and the
> recommendation would be worthless. The recommendation is going to be based
> on the *maximum* transit times observed in the general population and will
> in fact be *higher* than that maximum in order to allow a margin of safety.

The law of averages on the bell curve usually tries to hit the upper
limits of the abnormal. ;-)

There are some people who only have a BM once per week.

And, those that are getting stool testing get it because they are having
problems. Chronic consipation seems to be epidemic...

Please note the above, I said average for the "crappy diet" population.
We are not referring to normal or average individuals.

HTH?

Cheers!
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Om.

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