Understanding diarrhea and learning how to avoid it helps you live more comfortably. Diarrhea can be quite an unpleasant experience.
Diarrhea and its Causes
Bacteria in our intestines digest our food
Without them everything goes straight through
And hurries out the back end
Like a freight train through a tunnel
Antibiotics kill them by them by the millions
Can’t discriminate between the good and bad
Wonderful laxatives when you don’t need them
The doctor says “I’ll write a prescription
I know how to stop that”
Modern food is flavored, seasoned, and colored
Sweetened with Splenda
These may cause loose bowels
But they pass the taste test
Our food is preserved to enhance the shelf life
We kill the unwanted bacteria
But it doesn’t cease the killing
After the food passes the stomach
The condiments in the refrigerator
May stay for months and still be pretty
Because they are embalmed you see
And await your pleasure
We get diarrhea and don’t know why
And we go back the next day
Also, we eat more of the same
And wander about the nature
Of the loose bowels
Our bacon, lunch meat and ham
Are cured and preserved
And have a long shelf life
With no regard to the friendly little guys
Who digest our food
Anti-bacterial soaps and deodorants
Pass through the
skin
And enter our blood stream
To do an unwanted job
Stay away from spoiled food
Wash your produce
Keep things clean
And say a prayer to
The god of food
The
immune system shudders
And peeks out
From under the armpits
With no place to hide
