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From: antics@druak.UUCP (GeigerL)
Newsgroups: net.med
Subject: dried fruit
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Date: Fri, 9-Aug-85 10:18:10 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug  9 10:18:10 1985
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Why is it that people eat prunes or other dried fruit for a laxative
effect, but they don't consider eating fresh fruit.  Is it because
the dried fruit requires so much water to digest and the sponge-like
situation causes the desired effect?  Or perhaps there is some chemical
change when the fruit is dried?

This is a strange question, but not a joke!

Lisa Geiger
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