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Much of the popularity of whole grain bread is due to its roughage and its power to quickly scour the colon. When the whole grain bread is of the yeasted variety, most of this roughage -being undigested by fermentation- is still in its abrasive state and stimulates elimination by mechanical scouring action. The very abrasiveness which has temporarily relieved the problem soon creates another one: inflamation of the colon. True starter leavened bread owes its permanent regulating action to the biological action of its ferments that alone possess the power to regenerate the intestinal flora. These same ferments also restore the peristatic action and the flexibility of the colon. While this cure is not as spetacular as the non-predigested high-roughage diet, it has a much more lasting and beneficial biological quality.