JonBenet`s stomach was empty ---fact.
A fact I agree with (as I stated):
It is the duodenum where Dr. Meyer found the partially-digested pineapple. He doesn't say exactly where in its length, but it is a very short segment and food doesn't spend a long time there before moving on to the rest of the small intestine. What's important though is that if the pineapple was located here within the digestive tract, it means that it had essentially just left the stomach. Therefore it doesn't matter how long it would have taken to pass through the small intestine on the rest of its journey, it had only just left the stomach.
According to RDI Burke served her pineapple around 10:30-11 pm and whacked her on the head shortly after.
Who is this "RDI"? That's not my initials
)). I don't group all believers in an intruder together because they don't agree on everything any more than those who believe a Ramsey is responsible. You can't make generalizations about so many different theories. In fact, until recently since more information has come out, most "RDIs" did not think Burke was the one responsible for any of it.
People in coma DO NOT digest, they do not have this function, period.
That's not true, but there's no sense in arguing the point because JonBenet was not in a coma. A coma is a state of unconsciousness lasting more than 6 hours. But assuming you meant to say she was unconscious after the head blow, her body would indeed still continue digesting any food that had been consumed. Many people go into a coma every day. Do you think that when they do, the food they have consumed simply stops in its tracks? What do you suppose happens to it?
The process that moves food through our digestive tract is not dependent on voluntary muscle movement. It's only when it reaches the rectum that we use our voluntary muscles to force it out, which is unnecessary if the person is unconscious (because the muscles we use to eliminate it are the same ones used to "hold it in"). Depending on the length of time a person is comatose, different methods are used to continue supplying nutrition and (if necessary) elimination of waste. If you want know any more than that, look up
gastrostomy,
enteral nutrition,
feeding tube,
gavage, and
rectal catheter.
How pineapple moved to small intestine? How and when-- anybody! Please, .....
(See above.)
Chunks of pineapple?? Who said it? Where? Not what coroner said about his findings. Excuse me, I thought we already separated stomach and intestine in our understanding, and how chunks could move to the next step of digesting system still being chunks? And who said so?
Different foods digest at different rates, which I shouldn't have to tell you if you've read the material referenced in your earlier post. If you don't believe food can pass through your digestive system without being digested, eat enough whole-kernel corn without fletcherising it and watch your stools for the next couple of days (this will also tell you how long YOUR body takes to pass the food through). The reason for this is that the outer shell of the corn kernel is cellulose, which our body cannot break down and "digest". That cellulose is also called insoluble fiber. Most of the fiber in pineapple is insoluble. If food with high fiber content is not chewed well, the cellulose will pass through the digestive tract without being digested. It's only because of the color and size of the undigested corn kernels that they are obvious in the stool. The cellulose in pineapple is the outer structure of individual pulp strands which contain mostly liquid. Eventually, if they are not crushed by chewing, these individual thin-walled strands of pulp will burst inside the gut and not be noticed in the stool. But since the only part of digestion that occurs in the stomach is the secretion and mixture of enzymes with swallowed food (
peristaltic movement), fiber will go on to the small intestine relatively unscathed. The stomach does not absorb nutrients from the food. 90% of that is done in the small intestine, and the rest of it (mostly liquid) is absorbed in the large intestine.
What you saying otg,she ate pineapple, shortly after she got a whack from Burke, and chunks of pineapple jumped to the next phase of digestion right away ? Just jumped there at no time?
You said that -- I didn't.
I think , I need a vacation . In sense no more fruitless arguments. I want to retire for couple weeks.
I wish everybody Happy New Year ! I truly respect and love all of us here.
I have no ill will toward you, my friend. How could I with a name like
tovarisch? (Yes, I know what товарищ means -- I have a friend from Ukraine.) But understanding correctly what happened is important to both you and I, regardless of what we
want to believe. Don't judge what someone says according to what you think they believe.
Aussieshiela2 and I disagree on the intruder, but we agree (I think) on everything about the digestion. You've already misjudged her position based on what she posted. Think about it, and enjoy your vacation, "tovarisch".
