Not to gross anybody out, but according to a story I saw on the Huffingtonpost we all poop the wrong way. Instead of sitting down you should squat over the bowl instead. Why? The poo comes out faster and you are less likely to get stomach problems and other icky issues like sores.

I tried it, it works. People in Germany squat all the time.

I guess it is evolutionary. When we were cave people we squated. oy.

Bon appétit !!!

We'll evolve eventually, to where a "commode" is the proper way.

Squatting, as opposed to sitting, puts more pressure on the colon and allows the anus to open wider, enabling us to more efficiently clear the bowel. Folks we like to call "primitive" have employed this method since time immemorial.

As most people aren't gonna swap out their toilets for, say, a hole in the bathroom floor, a practical method with which to approach a squatting posture is to acquire a small footstool or something on which one might prop their feet while sitting on the commode. Essentially, the goal is getting your knees higher than your butt while your upright torso is perpendicular to the floor.

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^So you end up squarting over the toilet with your feet on the seat? that sounds like a accident waiting to happen.

Muchmusic VJs Bradford How and Sook Yin Lee discussed this on television fifteen years ago and I still don't understand where one's feet go.

lazycrockett said:

^So you end up squarting over the toilet with your feet on the seat? that sounds like a accident waiting to happen.

No. You're still sitting on the seat. It's just that your knees are somewhat elevated because your feet are on the footstool.

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I can barely squat. Arthritic knees.

I can't squat. Never could.

squatty potties are mainstream in many countries (no bowl... it's a hole in the floor). Disgusting to most of us but I've even seen portapotties like this in Hong Kong. hilarious at the time.

I remember the first time we went to Turkey....

...We had a comfort break during one of our tours and I rushed into the loo only to be comfronted with this enigma.....

My first thought was that someone had nicked the bog .....

... so I tried another cubicle.....

... Exactly the same sight greeted me

Eventually I found the only way to get a seated toilet which didn't need yoga skills was to use the disabled toilet... which to me looked perfectly normal

I'm afraid if I had to squat I'd probably either fall backwards into my own crap...

...or stay permanently locked in a squating position thus unable to close my sphincter.... ever!

with the excessive use of public toilets ..i ALWAYS sqaut

This raises the question do that many people have issues using a seated toilet? Ive used them my whole life and have never had any kind of bowel issues at all.

No, no, noooo, you cannot sit down, you squat. It is not about your damned knees being higher than you piehole. Squatting is good for your overall health. They do it in the 3rd world for a reason.

Obviously people with bad knees cannot do it. Best way to deal with bad knees is milk.

2freaky4church1 said:

No, no, noooo, you cannot sit down, you squat. It is not about your damned knees being higher than you piehole. Squatting is good for your overall health. They do it in the 3rd world for a reason.

Obviously people with bad knees cannot do it. Best way to deal with bad knees is milk.

I just pull up my knees to the side of my head and hold them there.... easy peasy. Let the smell HIT ya nostrils! Just like giving birth in the labor room. GGRRRRRRRRR

2freaky4church1 said:

No, no, noooo, you cannot sit down, you squat. It is not about your damned knees being higher than you piehole. Squatting is good for your overall health. They do it in the 3rd world for a reason.

Obviously people with bad knees cannot do it. Best way to deal with bad knees is milk.

Of course there's no metaphysical good in simply having one's knees above one's "piehole" (depending, I suppose, on whom you ask ). The point is that barring a true squat, this is the closest one would get from a posture standpoint.

As it were, a true squat, being a full body weight-bearing exercise, is, indeed, awesome in promoting core strength in any context. The added benefit as it relates to this specific matter is that it -- or something approximating it -- also just so happens to be the most effective posture for voiding the bowel.

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I see pie in a differant way, obviously.

I wipe my butt standing up. I cannot squat nor fit my hand between my legs. My knees are fine but squatting is the most exhausting thing in the entire world.

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Stern swears by his. I believe they offer a discount code on the commercials that run on his channels.

Came across this article. Cool toilet.



http://inhabitat.com/ergo.../?extend=1

So far so good. Gracious pooping party.