Today around noon I ate a can of beets, straight out of the can, the whole thing. About an hour ago, which would have been 7 hours later, I went to the bathroom, emergency style, and it was SUPER dark! I thought there was something majorly wrong with me, like blood or something. Then I remembered eating the beets. Is it possible that they went through me that fast? My stomach hurt pretty bad about a half hour after I ate them. I ate a Tums and it stopped. I'm color blind, so I'm am not sure of the true color of my 'deposit', but it was very dark and watery, like I dumped ink.
2007-03-22 14:22:44 · 5 answers · asked by antonedbone 2 in Health ➔ Other - Health
I think seven hours is enough time to get through you, but according to the 30 seconds of research I just did, it takes longer. I'm an x-ray tech and I perform barium tests, and have had them myself; I know when I had one, I was passing the barium within an hour or two after ingesting it.
2007-03-22 14:27:16 · answer #1 · answered by RadTech - BAS RT(R)(ARRT) 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm like that too. When you have a bowl movement, you eliminate the previous meal, not the meal you just ate. So if you at breakfast and then had a bowl movement, you're breakfast pushed down last night's dinner. It takes 4-5 hours for the food to empty the stomach.
2016-03-29 00:17:05 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, 7 hours is actually quite a long time. My food comes out within 2 hours.
2007-03-22 14:29:12 · answer #3 · answered by Susan 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when your body doesnt 'like' something you eat, it wants it out ASAP. so if you eat some bad food, its more likely to be err.. shat out sooner than usual. sorry im tired.
2007-03-22 14:52:59 · answer #4 · answered by guy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
2 words...constipation lol
2007-03-22 14:26:07 · answer #5 · answered by .: ZEIDO :. 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋