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Swallowing and vomiting water purifies the stomach

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Because your digestive tract clearly needs a violent rinse cycle. Certain yogic practitioners gorge on massive volumes of water just to forcefully expel it, treating their esophagus like a water slide.

Swallowing and vomiting water purifies the stomach
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