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Sample Tube from the Colon Health Check Kit

by Donna Myers
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This is the sample tube that comes in the Colon Health Check kit.
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After you have defecated on the sample paper stretched across your toilet, unscrew the lid of this tube to poke your stool in six places. That way you can get a representative sample.
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