• Lumidaub@feddit.de
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    1 year ago

    you are supposed to be pooping, aka “having bowel movements” once every day.

    Citation needed, pretty sure this is long outdated. Afaik, anything from 3 times a day to once every three days is fine.

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      1 year ago

      Can confirm, I poop 3 sometimes even 4 times a day and I’m literally the smartest person I know

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      1 year ago

      Exactly what I’ve heard from our pediatrician when talking about baby pooping. When someone reaches a certain age anything between 3 days and 3 times a day is OK, as long as it looks as a normal poo

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      1 year ago

      CORRECTION: Ideal pooping frequency is actually 2-3 times a day, not 1 time a day, I was originally wrong https://nutritionfacts.org/video/flashback-friday-how-many-bowel-movements-should-you-have-should-you-sit-lean-or-squat/

      Normal frequency is between 3 per day to 3 per week, but normal doesn’t necessarily mean healthy. Populations eating high enough fiber diets to reach that 2-3 times a day number have 1/50th the rate of heart disease, gallstones, and appendicitis, 1/25th the rate of diverticulitis, hemorrhoids, varicose veins, and hiatal hernia, and 1/10th the rate of colon cancer