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The Constipation Cure, with Dr. Robynne Chutkan

Keeping It Real: Conversations with Jillian Michaels

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The Connection Between Constipation and Reflux

Women have a voluptuous venous colon, which is 10 centimeters longer than men. Women also have a wider pelvis to allow for childbirth and an extra human being in there. Men have a narrow pelvis called an android pelvis that's like a box. We have a wide pelvis and that means more of our colon falls down deep into the pelvis. The bowel is located deeper in the pelvis where it has to compete with these reproductive organs.

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