--- product_id: 323009 title: "Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal Paperback – April 1, 2014" brand: "mary roach" price: "139.19 DT" currency: TND in_stock: true reviews_count: 4 url: https://www.desertcart.tn/products/323009-gulp-adventures-on-the-alimentary-canal-paperback-april-1-2014 store_origin: TN region: Tunisia --- # Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal Paperback – April 1, 2014 **Brand:** mary roach **Price:** 139.19 DT **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal Paperback – April 1, 2014 by mary roach - **How much does it cost?** 139.19 DT with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.tn](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/323009-gulp-adventures-on-the-alimentary-canal-paperback-april-1-2014) ## Best For - mary roach enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted mary roach brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Full description not available ## Images ![Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal Paperback – April 1, 2014 - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/6160gKe7U1L.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Informative AND Entertaining *by J***D on August 1, 2025* Mary Roach always makes her fascinating subjects very accessible to the average reader. This is no exception. Anyone with an interest in their own body and the mysterious way it works will enjoy this. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Interesting, witty and Useful *by P***. on December 27, 2013* Mary Roach's writing is superb. This book is interesting and filled with useful information about how our bodies function. Warning: don't read it before you eat or while eating or if you are ill because you may barf or faint. Ms. Roach paints very vividly with her elegant writing how our bodies work and the lovely people the readers meet in her book (especially Erika Silletti, the saliva scientist).Appreciate and embrace the power of your spit or saliva folks -- saliva helps maintain the optimum pH in our mouths, cleans certain food stains on clothes, disinfects wounds and "render[s] viruses -- including, HIV, the virus that causes AIDS -- noninfective in most cases. (Colds and flus aren't spread by drinking from a sick person's glass. They're spread by touching it."One of my nieces is found of saying, "my fart is silent but deadly." She does not know how right she is :-)Mary Roach notes that Michael Levitt "said he is constantly approached at cocktail parties by women complaining about their husbands' gas. He has never heard a husband complain about a wife, despite this scientifically proven (by Levitt) fact: 'flatus of women has a significantly greater concentration of hydrogen sulfide and was deemed to have a significantly worse odour by both judges.' (However, this is likely balanced out by the male's 'greater volume of gas per passage.')"This book is a keeper. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ You Are What You Eat, but More Importantly, You Are How You Eat *by P***B on April 7, 2013* 'Laundry detergent is essentially a digestive tract in a box.' Now, where else but in a book written by Mary Roach, the author who loves wierd science, would we learn such a thing? I mean, it makes sense, but I have never seen anyone write those words. In her new book, 'Gulp' etc, Mary Roach takes us from the mouth to the anus, and all the by-ways in-between. It is one of the more fascinating and informative books I have read in a long time. I am a health care practitioner, but I have learned more about our alimentary canal and the research involved in it's mysteries, than any of my Anatomy and Physiology books. There is so much to know and learn, I want to cover it all, but I won't, I will leave it to you to go on this journey."The human digestive track is like the Amtrak line from Seattle to Los Angeles; transit time is about thirty hours , and the scenery on the last lag is pretty monotonous". There you have it, from the first bite of food that is first smelled, chewed, oral digestive acids acted upon, moved down the esophagus to the stomach and into the bowels, large and small intestine and then into the anus, where the food that went in is expelled. The circuitous route taken is fascinating.Chewing leads to a discussion of saliva, and we learn "Bodily fluids, gas and excrement may disgust us once they leave the body, but "we are large, mobile vessels of the very substances we find most repulsive." We learn a lot about 'gas', it's make-up, smell, testing, who makes the most gas, farting, and on and on. Megacolon, the large bowel dilatation that causes much straining to release it's contents and can cause cardiac arrhythmia and death, as it probably did for Elvis Presley. Mary Roach spent a great deal of time in her research for this book, traveling the world. Somehow she knew what questions to ask, who to meet, what experiments to take part in.This really is one of the best books I have read this year. I am a mystery lover, and this book has uncovered mysteries I never knew existed."Most of us pass our lives never once laying eyes on our organs, the most precious and amazing things we own. Until something goes wrong, we barely give them thought. This seems strange to me. It is, of course, possible that I seem strange. You may be thinking, 'Wow, that Mary Roach has her head up her a**.' To which I say, 'Only briefly, and with the utmost respect!" Mary in her own words!Highly Recommended. prisrob 04-07-13 --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.tn/products/323009-gulp-adventures-on-the-alimentary-canal-paperback-april-1-2014](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/323009-gulp-adventures-on-the-alimentary-canal-paperback-april-1-2014) --- *Product available on Desertcart Tunisia* *Store origin: TN* *Last updated: 2026-06-08*