Serious How long does food take to travel through our digestive system?

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An honorable member of the Coffee Shop Has Just Posted the Following:

Out of curiosity, I noticed that my digestive system takes about 24 hours to process the food in my system. So I'm taking some time to explain what transpired:

I ate some watermelon together with its white seeds yesterday after my dinner just to see how long does it take my digestive system to egest the white seeds. I was careful not to crush some of the seeds so I tried to swallow some small pieces whole.

Ate more watermelons this morning for breakfast and waited. Took a crap in this morning, no trace of the seeds. Had my usual fried rice with eggs for lunch, got on with some workout, did some gardening. Ate another serving of watermelons after dinner.

So I took another dump just now, lo and behold, I saw the seeds floating above the rest of the crap.
As for the rest of the experiment, I aim to see when I finish egesting all the watermelon seeds.

Will keep you guys posted.

In the meantime, have you guys checked how long does the food you eat to move through your digestive system?


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