The poem below was written by a PQ student. Inspiration may have come from the weekly wellness lessons that the students receive from our naturopathic doctor, Dr. Zimmer. Here it is:
Wellness Poem
In your brain is where it starts
then 30 ft to where you fart
Chewing and saliva breaks down food
what you swallow can affect your mood
Paristasis pushes food down
to the stomach where it hangs around
where a liquid kills things that make you sick
Nothing more than acid… hydrochloric
Watch how much water you’re ingesting
it dilutes the HCl and slows down digestion
1-2 hours is approximate time
to reach the intestines in a state called chyme
Small intestine is the first visit
it suchks out all the nutrients
Water’s absorbed by the large intestine
and poo is created in this state of digestion
Diaharrea is not so kind
if too much water’s left behind
And thin if takes too much
you’re constipated, which really sucks
Up to 24 hours from mouth to potty
on the wonders of the human body