Generally speaking, 80 ounces of water is what I recommend.

I don't really recommend it as a way to cleanse out your colon, because as we talked about before,

I think cleansing out your colon is probably not something you need to do on a regular basis.

Welcome to Sex, Body, and Soul.

I'm Kate Roberts, founder of the Body Agency, and on this show, we talk about the marvel that is our bodies what they can do and what they

need to thrive ladies out there our time is now let's get to it this show we welcome dr meniche

singler my very own gastroenterologist. He is a capital digestive care and he

specializes in colon cancer screening, but also irritable bowel syndrome and

inflammation of the bowel. He also spent 15 years in the US Navy as a flight

surgeon. We're going to talk about exactly what it means to have a

colonoscopy, all about colon health, whether it's wise to be cleansing that colon, what foods

to eat, thrilled to have Dr. Singler on the show. Dr. Manish Singlow, welcome to the show.

Thanks for having me, Kate. Well, full disclosure, everyone, Manish Singlow, welcome to the show. Thanks for having me, Kate.

Well, full disclosure, everyone, Manish is my doctor, and we just did my colonoscopy together.

So he knows a lot more about me than a lot of you all do, to say the least.

And of course, he is an expert on everything that's going on in our colon

and our gut. And this is what we're going to be talking about today. Now, I understand the colon is also

called the intestine. It's also called the digestive tract. And it's also called the bowel. Is that right?

Yeah. So it's the large bowel, the large intestine or the colon. And I also understand it's about

five feet long. Is that right? Yeah. I mean, I think some people's colon's are five feet long.

Some people are shorter. Some people

are longer. Everyone has a different colon. It lives the life you love. Now, you're all going to be a bit

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