How often do you poop?
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Dragonwolf wrote: »So, basically, there are two different scenarios going on here:
1. You're eating a diet with a lot of unabsorbable waste, in which case, it's best to go at least once, if not twice, a day. Not doing so increases risk of impacting the stools and causing constipation and colorectal damage. (I don't entirely agree with his conclusions as blanket recommendations, for the reasons I explain above and below, but Konstantin Monastyrsky has a ton of resources and goes into all the nitty-gritty details of bowel movements, frequency, and constipation, as well as why a ton of fiber is actually counterproductive -- https://www.gutsense.org/constipation/frequency.html )
2. You're eating a diet with very little unabsorbable waste, in which case, there's not much to move. Going once or more per day may be unfeasible simply due to lack of waste. This is a beautiful explanation by an A&P student:
Great info - thanks. Another vivid illustration that not all calories are created equal!
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Christine_72 wrote: »lol He doesn't tell me while we're in the act.. He brought it up once a couple years after we started dating, and it has stuck in my mind ever since.
Oh, I see. Glad he's from the sensitive strain.
Still, you might enjoy a Russian limerick now and then.0 -
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lol @ "plop"
Every morning, occasionally at night too.0 -
Every day, at least once.
Mind you, it can take hours.... I can easily get through 9 Reader's Digests.....
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