What's New and Beneficial about Carrots. 1  Carrots were one of the vegetables examined in recent research on foods rich in beta-carotene and bone health. More specifically, intake of yellow/orange and green vegetables was evaluated to see if greater intake was related to greater bone mass.
exists and is an alternate of . If your colon is removed and nothing else is done for you, you will die. In modern medicine removal of part or all of the colon is accompanied by provision of a colostomy or iliostomy, where the remaining end of the colon or of the small intestine is brought through the abdominal wall to the exterior.
The colon, also called the large intestine, removes water, some nutrients, and electrolytes from partially digested food. It is in the colon that food waste is changed from liquid to solid form and transported to the rectum. At bottom of the ascending colon is the colic valve, also referred to as the ileocecal valve. This valve separates the small intestine from the cecum and prevents material from flowing back into the small intestine. At the top of the ascending colon, the colon abruptly bends to the left, forming the right colic flexure (also called the hepatic flexure). The transverse colon begins after this flexure. Thirty percent of all tumors that develop in the colon or rectum (colorectal tumors) are located in the ascending colon.