Gulp : : Adventures on the Alimentary Canal

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Call Number: Adult Book / Nonfiction / Science & Nature / Biology / Roach, Mary, 612.3 Ro
On Shelf At: Malletts Creek Branch, Pittsfield Branch

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Nose job: tasting has little to do with taste -- I'll have the putrescine: your pet is not like you -- Liver and opinions: why we eat what we eat and despise the rest -- The longest meal: can thorough chewing lower the national debt? -- Hard to stomach: the acid relationship of William Beaumont and Alexis St. Martin -- Spit gets a polish: someone ought to bottle the stuff -- A bolus of cherries: life at the oral processing lab -- Big gulp: how to survive being swallowed alive -- Dinner's revenge: can the eaten eat back? -- Stuffed: the science of eating yourself to death -- Up theirs: the alimentary canal as criminal accomplice -- Inflammable you: fun with hydrogen and methane -- Dead man's bloat: and other diverting tales from the history of flatulence research -- Smelling a rat: does noxious flatus do more than clear a room? -- Eating backward: is the digestive tract a two-way street? -- I'm all stopped up: Elvis Presley's megacolon, and other ruminations on death by constipation -- The ick factor: we can cure you, but there's just one thing.
Few of us realize what strange wet miracles of science operate inside us after every meal. In her trademark style, Mary Roach investigates the beginning, and end, of our food, addressing such questions as why crunchy food is so appealing, how much we can eat before our stomachs burst, and whether constipation killed Elvis.

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Mary Roach is my hero submitted by richardsm on July 29, 2013, 8:12am Yet another delight by Mary Roach! She's quick, clever, and absolutely hilarious as usual!

I learned and I laughed submitted by Susan4Pax -prev. sueij- on July 21, 2018, 12:13am 4.5 stars. I've been listening to Mary Roach do interviews on Science Friday for years, and this is the first time I've actually picked up one of her books to read, though most of them are on my To Read list. It was as delightful as I expected.

_Gulp_ is an in-depth look at the digestive system from intake (how much do you want to know about saliva?) to expulsion (we learn that the anus is a marvel of engineering that humans have yet to match) and truly everywhere in-between. While there is a fair amount of random observation that I really didn't need to know (no scientists' clothing, weight, or haircut is of interest to me, though at least she actually comments on men and women equally!), it is this same attention to detail that makes her such a brilliant researcher as she thinks to ask questions that most of us would never ponder. And she's funny! There is a lot of (potty) humor, but always targeted to the topic at hand and I frequently laughed right out loud.

I learned, I laughed, and I will definitely read more of Roach's books.

Love this! submitted by ginarae3 on August 4, 2018, 9:33am Gulp is exactly what you'd expect from author Mary Roach. Reading this was a pleasure. Mary is engaging, hilarious, and speaks to you like a friend having a chat - not your typical non-fiction, and certainly not what you'd expect from a book on the topic of the alimentary canal. Gulp is super fun and packed with fascinating information. I learned so much about a system in my body that I use every day. The human body is awesome and so is Mary Roach.

Love Mary Roach submitted by bcartm01 on June 17, 2022, 11:32pm After reading Stiff, I rushed out to also read Gulp. I enjoy her humor and her writing style. The amount of research that goes into her writing is really admirable and shows in her finished product. I love her books.