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How fast should food movethrough your body? i ate grapefruit 5 hours ago and already pooped it out. is that normal?
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Stop worrying: This is fine. Especially, high bulk food can transit in an hour or less, which is fine. Try five big slides of watermelon. Life's difficult enough without worrying that things go through "too fast" or "too slow". If you're digesting your food and having a normal bowel movement, be grateful.
Answered 6/12/2014
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Intestinal transit: Five hours is a bit fast but not unreasonable.
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