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Show - daily diet sufficient laxative foods, that is, those rich in fiber or cellulose. cel-lulose. -j . yc FATE OF FOOD IN THE BODY From the mouth, food passes down the esophagus into the stomach, stom-ach, where it is penetrated by the gastric juice. It then passes into the small intestine where it is mixed with the secretions of the liver and the pancreas. Here the nutritive elements are absorbed by minute, hair-like tubes which line the intestinal walls. These tubes converge into the blood vessels ves-sels and lymphatics which transport trans-port nourishment to all parts of the body. Undigested residues pass into the large intestine or colon, where they are normally moved along by a series of muscular contractions contrac-tions known as peristalsis, and finally evacuated The amount of the evacuation varies in bulk with the amount of indigestible roughage contained in the food. When there is insufficient insuffi-cient bulk to promote normal peristalsis, per-istalsis, waste accumulates and we have the condition known as Constipation with all its resulting evils. Bacteria prey upon the stagnating material, producing poisons which may be absorbed by the body. There is not the slightest excuse for allowing this condition to develop. de-velop. For the misery and wretchedness wretch-edness of constipation may easily be avoided by including in the |