Gastrocolic Reflex and Coffee

As I was drinking my nth glass of coffee today (yes, glass, couldn't find a cup) I remembered a doctor friend who visited me recently to fascinate me with her stories of tribal Mindanao and to introduce to me the term gastrocolic reflex.

Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
Main Entry: gastrocolic reflex
Function: noun
: the occurrence of peristalsis following the entrance of food into the empty stomach

How did my brain drag her along with my act of drinking coffee? She likes drinking coffee, yes, but that is not the link.

Here is the linked list in my brain:

drinking coffee after eating guava -> raw salad plus coffee -> detox -> gastrocolic reflex -> my doctor friend

And here is the story behind the linked list:

On my way home from my morning walk today, I passed by a fruitstand. A guava was calling my name. Or so I imagined, in my hunger! Back home, I ate the guava right away and then saw the packets of instant coffee on the countertop. No, the coffee was not calling me. Maybe because my tummy was already smiling.

But then I recalled a discovery my salad buddy and I stumbled upon, when we had to go on a race to the rest room everytime we drink coffee after a raw salad lunch at the office (her office still, but not mine anymore). We associated coffee after salad with detox.

How I managed to link detox with gastrocolic reflex is another story worth telling another day. For now, let me just say that my experience with liver flushing is the culprit.

You already know the rest of the story of my linked list.

My ending seems abrupt but I am already experiencing a reflex whose medical term eludes me and I need to do something fast about it.

Good night! I am sleepy now.

What did you think the reflex is, you horrible crook!

Hey, don't get me wrong. That's a term of endearment I learned from my favorite literature teacher in college, spoken in an endearing tone accompanied by a playful, sweet look.

"You didn't study your lesson again, you horrible crook!"

- Gemino Abad

Acid-washed

My tummy had a predominantly sour feel today. When I have this feeling, I notice my hands being more wrinkled and I feel I am shrinking and losing mass. I feel corroding.

Here is my interpretation of what is happening: my digestive organs are busy dumping acid to my system, a detox reaction that resulted from what I ate (sourish mangoes) and did (went too long without food when I went out, twice).

To counter the discomforts of detox, I decided to eat eggs that I have been ignoring in my ref. Raw. Two whole eggs in a glass, add a little salt, and beat with fork. That’s how I take it.

So far I had three such egg meals today. My system felt immediate relief each time.

Why raw eggs?

Those were the only available raw animal food in my ref.

And why raw animal food?

Raw animal food beats any raw plant food in soothing a hyper-acidic system. That is suggested by Aajonus Vonderplanitz’ Primal Diet which recommends a high percentage of raw animal food for fastest recovery time. And that is verified by my tummy.

What about salmonella and parasites in raw animal food?

I dunno. Maybe my acids will take care of them dead. Or the acids and enzymes in the fruits I eat will. Otherwise, I will just have them all flushed out of my system later, when I have successfully transitioned to full-fruitarian diet.