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Here is a scientific article that shows starvation causes an increase in mucus that gets shed past day 3. Can we all accept that starvation can be a cause of white stringy feces?
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4234480/
" Interestingly, mucin-2, which provides an insoluble mucous barrier that serves to protect the intestinal epithelium [54], was weakly increased at three days post fasting (1.1 fold), but quickly down-regulated at six and twelve days post fasting (2.2 - 2.3 fold)"
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4234480/
" Interestingly, mucin-2, which provides an insoluble mucous barrier that serves to protect the intestinal epithelium [54], was weakly increased at three days post fasting (1.1 fold), but quickly down-regulated at six and twelve days post fasting (2.2 - 2.3 fold)"