Re: Minocycline Antibiotic Log
"When water is taken orally, it is absorbed high in the intestine, long before it reaches the colon, so the recommendation to drink water for constipation can produce a situation that's the opposite of intravenous hypertonic saline, by diluting the blood. Using a hypertonic salt solution as an enema can have the same beneficial effect on the intestine as the intravenous treatment."
-Dr. Peat
from "Water: swelling, tension, pain, fatigue, aging"
http://raypeat.com/articles/articles/water.shtml
"When water is taken orally, it is absorbed high in the intestine, long before it reaches the colon, so the recommendation to drink water for constipation can produce a situation that's the opposite of intravenous hypertonic saline, by diluting the blood. Using a hypertonic salt solution as an enema can have the same beneficial effect on the intestine as the intravenous treatment."
-Dr. Peat
from "Water: swelling, tension, pain, fatigue, aging"
http://raypeat.com/articles/articles/water.shtml