Stool , feces , excrement , dung and even poop . It does n’t weigh what you call it , you ’re doing it every day ( I hope ) and you ’re believably doing it ill-timed .
It turns out that all the area that have fancy , sit - down bathroom are n’t allowing the … uh … ' hatch ' to open all the way .
When we stand up or seat down , there ’s a kink in our lower intestine that stop us pooping at random . But when we squat , our gumption elegantly straighten out , leaving us free to force out any waste in comforter .
Sitting down to stern mean that the muscles in the gut have to strain to bear on excrement around the crimp in the bowel . " Just like a car on the highway , turning a corner means our feces have to put on the brakes,“Giulia Enders , writer of ' Darm mit charme ' ( Charming Bowels in German),toldtheGuardian'’sAnnalisa Barbieri .
This is n’t just a harmless observance ; nature designed us to squat when we poop . When we test to force our style around that , we ’re at swell risk of damaging our bodies .
" “ 1.2 billion citizenry around the world who hunker have almost no incidence of diverticulosis and fewer job with oodles . We in the west , on the other mitt , squeeze our gut tissue paper until it come out of our bottoms,”“saysEnders . Diverticulosis pass when excessive strain and pressure level push out weak areas of the muscle wall and form short pouch in the colon . Piles are swollen-headed blood vessels around the anus , also have by strain .
This Book of Revelation is n’t unexampled ; in fact , astudyin 2003 by Israeli MD Dov Sikirov concluded that squatting to poop was the ' most acceptable . ' The study equate take a crap in three dissimilar positions : sit down on a toilet 42 cm gamy , 31 cm high and squatting . The test subjects report that pooping while scrunch took an average of 50 seconds whereas pooping while sit took an arduous 130 seconds .
The paper also note that sit need " undue expulsive effort " to shift biowaste , whereas squat was a comparatively carefree exercise .
So , if you ’re a toilet user , how can you adjust your pooping habit to protect your intestine ? Well , Enders suggest that climbing on top of the toilet seat and perching while you poop " might be fun , " Enders . However , she also suggests have a little dejection in front of your trough to elevate your feet . So recall Kyd - squat when you poopy , to keep a healthy booty .
[ ViaThe Guardian , Digestive Diseases and Sciences ]
