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HOST JOAN CARTAN-HANSEN:

HI I'M JOAN CARTAN-HANSEN

WELCOME FOR OUR D4K WEB ONLY.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

TALKING ABOUT BODY WASTE.

DOCTORS LET'S GO TO OUR FIRST

CALLERS.

LET US SEE IF WE CAN GET OUR

FIRST CALLER, BRIENNA?

ARE YOU THERE?

BRIENNA: HI

CARTAN-HANSEN: HI,

THANK YOU FOR HANGING IN THERE.

WHAT'S YOUR QUESTION?

BRIENNA: DOES CARROTS ACTUALLY

HELP YOUR EYES?

CARTAN-HANSEN: DO CARROTS

ACTUALLY HELP YOUR EYES?

THAT'S NOT TYPICALLY A BODY

WASTE, BUT THAT'S A GOOD

QUESTION.

DR. NAYA ANTINK, PEDIATRICTIAN:

YEAH WE CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION

QUICKLY.

BRIENNA THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

THERE ARE CERTAIN VITAMINS IN

CARROTS THAT THE EYE USES TO SEE

AND PARTICULARLY VITAMIN A AND

SO YES WE DO THINK THAT CARROTS

HELP BECAUSE OF THE VITAMINS

THEY CONTAIN FOR YOUR EYESIGHT.

CARTAN-HANSEN: FROM SAMANTHA AT

MRS MANITOU'S CLASS AT RIVERSIDE

WOULD LIKE TO KNOW, "IF YOU

DRINK GRAPE SODA WHY DOESN'T

YOUR PEE COME OUT PURPLE?"

DR. HEATHER OWENS, PEDIATRICIAN:

THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

WELL, DIFFERENT COLORED LIQUIDS

ARE MADE THAT WAY BY DIFFERENT

CHEMICALS IN THERE AND DIFFERENT

PIGMENTS.

SO ALL OF THAT GRAPE SODA THAT

YOU DRINK HAS TO MAKE A REALLY

LONG TRANSIT TO GET OUT INTO

YOUR URINE.

SO IT IS ABSORBED THROUGH YOUR

INTESTINE AND PUT THROUGH YOUR

BLOOD STREAM JUST LIKE WATER OR

MILK, THAT ARE BETTER THINGS TO

DRINK THAN GRAPE SODA (LAUGHTER)

AND YOU'LL JUST, ONCE THEY GET

TO THE KIDNEY THE KIDNEY WILL

ALWAYS DO IT'S THING WITH THEM

AND SOME OF THOSE BIPRODUCTS

THAT ARE MADE IN THE KIDNEY WILL

BE MORE APT TO TURN YOUR URINE

YELLOW.

SO THOSE CHEMICALS THAT MAKE

THINGS PURPLE OR RED OR ORANGE

LIKE ORANGE SODA WILL GET

REABSORBED SOMEHOW THROUGH YOUR

GUT AND NOT MAKE IT TO YOUR

URINE.

CARTAN-HANSEN: CONNER IN

MRS. WOODALL'S CLASS AT DALTON

ELEMENTERY WOULD LIKE TO KNOW,

"WHEN YOU WAKE UP AND RUB YOUR

EYES WHAT ARE THOSE EYE BOOGER

THINGS AT THE CORNER OF YOUR

EYES.

ANTINK: THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION

CONNER AND SOMETIMES WHEN YOU'RE

SLEEPING AND YOU'RE MAKING TEARS

JUST LIKE YOU ARE ALL DAY LONG

TO LUBRICATE YOUR EYES, IF THEY

DON'T DRAIN DOWN YOUR TEARDUCTS

INTO YOUR NOSE, IF THEY HANG

AROUND THEN THEY KIND OF STICK

ON YOUR EYELASHES AND GET SORT

OF THICKENED UP LIKE GOOBERS.

SO WHEN YOU WAKE UP IN THE

MORNING THEN YOU'LL FEEL SORT OF

CRUSTY GOOBERS AND WHEN YOU WIPE

THEM AWAY THROUGHOUT THE DAY

THEN THE TEARS YOU MAKE WILL

JUST DRAIN OUT.

SO THAT'S WHY WE USUALLY HAVE

THEM WHEN WE WAKE UP AND NOT

NECESSARILY FOR THE REST OF THE

DAY.

CARTAN-HANSEN: LAKOTA AT

MRS. WOODALL'S CLASS AT DALTON

ELEMENTARY WOULD LIKE TO KNOW,

"WHY DO YOU HAVE TO CLEAN YOUR

EARS?"

FOR THAT EAR WAX, WHAT IS IT

ABOUT EAR WAX, WHY DOES THAT

HAVE TO BE THERE?

OWENS: WELL IT HAS TO BE THERE

AND IT'S GOOD NOT TO CLEAN IT

OUT.

IT'S A NORMAL PART OF LIFE TO

MAKE THAT EAR WAX, TO PROTECT

YOUR EAR CANAL AND TO PROTECT

THE INNER WORKINGS OF YOUR EAR.

SO KEEP IT THERE.

DON'T CLEAN IT OUT.

SOMETIMES IT BOTHERS YOU, PEOPLE

WILL TELL, WILL SAY THAT IT

ITCHES OR THAT IT IRRITATES

THEM, BUT IT'S BEST EVEN WHEN

IT'S IRRITATING YOU TO LEAVE IT

THERE.

CARTAN-HANSEN: OKAY.

CALEB FROM MRS. BOWE'S CLASS

WOULD LIKE TO KNOW "WHAT'S THE

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ARTIFICIAL

TEARS AND NORMAL TEARS?"

ANTINK: THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION

CALEB.

ARTIFICIALLY TEARS, I THINK, ARE

TYPICALLY A SOLUTION OF SALT AND

WATER THAT IS LIKE OUR NATURAL

TEARS THAT YOU CAN BUY IN A

LITTLE BOTTLE.

AND IF YOU HAVE PROBLEMS WITH

DRY EYES OR YOU FEEL LIKE THERE

IS SOMETHING, A PIECE OF DUST

THAT GOT IN YOUR EYE AND YOUR

NORMAL TEARS AREN'T FLUSHING

THEM OUT THEN YOU COULD SQUIRT

IN SOME OF THE ARTIFICIAL TEARS

TO HELP FLUSH THAT OUT.

CARTAN-HANSEN: LOGAN AND IVY ARE

HOME SCHOOLED AND HAVE A

QUESTION: "HOW MANY TIMES A DAY

SHOULD I POOP?"

OWENS: YOU SHOULD POOP USUALLY

ONCE A DAY.

EVERYBODY'S DIFFERENT.

THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO POOP TWICE

A DAY, SOMETIMES EVEN THREE

TIMES A DAY CAN BE NORMAL.

SOMETIMES EVERY OTHER DAY MIGHT

BE A MORE NORMAL EXPERIENCE, BUT

OFTEN TIMES, PRETTY MUCH THE

NORMAL IF YOU LOOKED AT EVERYONE

ACROSS THE BOARD WOULD BE ONE

POOP A DAY AND THAT'S JUST IN AN

EFFORT TO GET RID OF ALL THE

STUFF THAT YOU'VE INGEST FOR

THE, THAT YOU'VE EATEN THAT

YOU'VE TAKEN IN FOR THE 24 HOURS

TO JUST MOVE THOSE ALONG TO GET

THEM OUT AS FAR AS WASTE

PRODUCTS.

CARTAN-HANSEN: JOSEPH FROM

DALTON ELEMENTARY FROM

MRS. HUNT'S CLASS WOULD LIKE TO

KNOW, "WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU

DIDN'T SWEAT?"

ARE THERE PEOPLE WHO CAN'T

SWEAT?

ANTINK: THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION

JOSEPH.

THERE ARE SOME RARE CONDITIONS

WHERE PEOPLE HAVE DIFFICULTY

SWEATING.

ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE SWEAT

IS THAT WHEN THE WATER LEAVES

OUR BODY, EVAPORATES IT COOLS

OUR BODY DOWN WHICH IS WHY WHEN

WE'VE BEEN RUNNING AROUND OR

EXCERSICING THAT WE GET HOT AND

THEN WE SWEAT.

IF YOU WERE UNABLE TO DO THAT,

THAT WOULD BE ONE WAY THAT YOUR

BODY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO COOL

DOWN AND SOMETIMES IT CAN

OVERHEAT AND ACTUALLY

POTENTIALLY BE DANGEROUS.

CARTAN-HANSEN: MADISON FROM

DALTON ELEMENTARY WOULD LIKE TO

KNOW, "WHAT CREATES PUS?"

NOW WE TALKED A BIT, IF YOU WANT

TO WATCH THE VIDEO THAT WE

PRODUCED TO TAKE A LOOK THERE'S

A LITTLE ABOUT PUS ON THERE.

WHAT IS THE BASIC, WHAT

BASICALLY CAUSES PUS TO FORM?

OWENS: USUALLY IT'S THE WASTE

PRODUCTS FROM OUR OWN BODY

CELLS.

OUR BODY WILL MAKE PUS TO FIGHT

OFF INFECTION.

SO IF THERE'S BACTERIA LIVING ON

OUR SKIN CELLS THAT ARE NOT

SUPPOSE TO BE THERE, OR LIVING

JUST UNDERNEATH, SAY A SKIN

INFECTION, OUR OWN BODIES IMMUNE

SYSTEM WILL SEND OFF HELPER

CELLS, THESE WHITE BLOOD CELLS

WE CALL THEM.

THEY'LL GO IN THERE AND THEY'LL

ATTACK THE BACTERIA.

THEY'LL BREAK IT APART.

SO PART OF THAT MUCUSY STUFF

THAT IS PUS IS BROKEN DOWN

BACTERIA AND A GOOD PART OF IT

IS THE STUFF THE WHITE BLOOD

CELL HAS TO MAKE IN ORDER TO

BREAK THAT BACTERIA APART AND TO

KILL IT.

CARTAN-HANSEN: J.L.

FROM IDAHO FALLS WOULD LIKE TO

KNOW, "WHEN WE SNEEZE WHY DOES

SNOT COME OUT OF OUR NOSE?"

ANTINK: GREAT QUESTION.

(LAUGHS)

CARTAN-HANSEN: AND TO

GO ON FROM THERE, THERE'S A

QUESTION FROM KAYLA WHO WOULD

ALSO LIKE TO KNOW, "WHAT MAKES

US SNEEZE?"

SO WHAT IS IT THAT TRIGGERS A

SNEEZE AND WHY DOES IT ALL COME

SHOOTING OUT?

ANTINK: THOSE ARE TWO SEPARATE

BUT RELATED QUESTIONS.

SO A VARIETY OF THINGS CAN MAKE

US SNEEZE.

USUALLY IT'S SOMETHING THAT GETS

INTO OUR NOSE AND IRRITATES OUR

NOSE.

SO WHETHER IT'S, YOUR ALLERGIC

TO DUST, OR POLLENS, OR IF YOU

HAVE AN INFECTION YOUR NOSE GETS

IRRITATED AND THEN IT FEELS LIKE

YOU HAVE TO SNEEZE.

YOUR NOSE, AND YOUR MOUTH AND

YOUR THROAT MAKES YOU SNEEZE.

NOW WE ARE MAKING MUCUS IN OUR

NOSE AND OUR MOUTH AND OUR

THROAT ALL THE TIME TO FLUSH

AWAY ANY KIND OF DUST THAT GOES

IN OR ANYKIND OF BUGS THAT GO IN

AND IF YOU HAPPEN TO SNEEZE WHEN

YOU HAVE A BUNCH OF THAT MUCUS

PILED UP THEN YOUR GOING TO

SNEEZE OUT THE MUCUS AS WELL.

CARTAN-HANSEN: AND THAT'S WHY

YOU ARE SUPPOSE TO SNEEZE INTO

YOUR ARM NOT ONTO YOUR HANDS.

OWENS: THAT'S RIGHT, ABSOLUTLEY.

ANTINK: YOU SNEEZE INTO YOUR

HANDS AND THEN YOU TOUCH

SOMETHING AND THEN THAT'S WHERE

THEY GO.

CARTAN-HANSEN: YOUR BODY IS

GETTING RID OF IT BECAUSE IT'S

NOT A GOOD THING.

ALRIGHT WE ARE GOING TO END

WITH, WE'VE GOT A FEW POOP

QUESTIONS AND I WANTED TO GET TO

THE POOP QUESTIONS.

THERE WAS A BIG QUESTION ABOUT

WHY DO WE HAVE GAS?

WHAT IS IT ABOUT THE GAS THAT'S

SMELLY?

HOW DOES THAT FORM?

OWENS: GAS IS FORMED BY OUR

SMALL INTESTINES.

SO WHEN FOOD GETS IN THROUGH OUR

STOMACH AND ITS MIXED UP IN THAT

LITTLE SLUSH AND GETS INTO OUR

SMALL INTESTINE.

OUR SMALL INTESTINE WILL HAVE TO

BREAK SOME OF THAT DOWN.

SO AS ITS BREAKING DOWN SOME OF

THE PROTIENS AND SOME OF THE

FATS YOU WILL MOVE SOME OF THE

GASES OUT OF THAT INGESTED FOOD

BUT YOU'LL ALSO MAKE A BIT AS

JUST KIND OF A BI-PRODUCT OF

YOUR SMALL INTESTINES DOING YOUR

JOB.

AND IT WILL HAVE TO LEAVE

SOMEHOW AND SO OFTEN IT'S MUCH

EASIER TO MOVE DOWN THE PIPE

THAN IT IS TO MOVE UP THE PIPE

SO ANYTHING THAT'S MADE INTO OUR

SMALL INTESTINE BASICALLY BELOW

OUR STOMACH WILL MOVE DOWNSTREAM

AND OUT.

CARTAN-HANSEN: SO GRAVITY IS OUR

FRIEND.

OWENS: GRAVITY IS OUR FRIEND.

CARTAN-HANSEN: BAILEY WOULD LIKE

TO KNOW, "WHY DOES SOME POOP

COME OUT SOLID AND SOME LIQUID?"

ANTINK: IT'S A GREAT QUESTION

BAILEY AND IT JUST DEPENDS, IT

MAINLY DEPENDS ON HOW FAST THE

FOOD WHEN IT BECOMES POOP GOES

THROUGH OUR INTESTINES.

IF IT GOES THROUGH QUICKLY THEN

THERE IS MORE WATER LEFT IN THE

FOOD SO ITS LIQUIDIER.

IF IT GOES THROUGH VERY SLOWLY

THEN THERE'S A LOT OF TIME FOR

THE BODY TO TAKE THE WATER FROM

THE FOOD BACK INTO OUR BODY

LEAVING LESS WATER IN THERE AND

IT COMES OUT HARDER.

CARTAN-HANSEN: AND WHY IS POOP

BROWN?

DIFFERENT SHADES OF BROWN?

OR SOMETIMES GREEN?

OWENS: POOP WILL GET ITS COLOR

BY USUALLY HOW LONG ITS BEEN IN

THE SMALL INTESTINES.

SO OUR LIVER WHICH HELPS BREAK

DOWN SOME OF THE WASTE FROM OUR

BLOODSTREAM WILL PUMP INTO OUR

INTESTINE THROUGH A LITTLE DUCT

OR A LITTLE CHANNEL THE STUFF,

THE PIGMENT, THE CHEMICAL THAT

MAKE OUR POOP BROWN.

SO AS THAT LEAVES INTO OUR

INTESTINE IT WILL KEEP THAT POOP

BROWN, NO MATTER WHAT YOU ATE.

IF YOU ATE ORANGE SQUASH OR

GREEN BEANS OUR POOP WILL END UP

BROWN BECAUSE OF THOSE PIGMENTS.

NOW IF YOUR LIVER JUST HASN'T

HAD ENOUGH TIME TO PUT THOSE

PRODUCTS INTO YOUR INTESTINE

BECAUSE YOU'RE SICK AND YOU'RE

MOVING YOUR DIAREAHA THAT'S

OFTEN TIMES WHEN YOU'LL BE

ABSENT OF THE PIGMENT THAT IS

BROWN AND IT WILL BE A LITTLE

GREEN OR SOMETIMES A LITTLE

ORANGE IF IT HAS MOVED FAST AND

YOU'VE EATEN SOMETHING ORANGE.

CARTAN-HANSEN: DOES IT MATTER IF

POOP IS, COMES OUT CURLY OR IN

LITTLE CHUNKS OR A BIG LONG

POOP, DOES THAT MAKE ANY

DIFFERENCE AT ALL IN YOUR

HEALTH?

ANTINK: NOPE.

CARTAN-HANSEN: NOPE?

IT'S ALL GOOD.

OWENS: AS LONG AS IT COMES OUT.

ANTINK: AND IT'S NOT HARD.

CARTAN-HANSEN: NOT TOO HARD.

(LAUGHTER)

CARTAN-HANSEN: WELL

DOCTORS THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME

TO APPEAR ON OUR D4K WEB EXTRA

ANSWERING ALL THESE QUESTIONS.

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