How does it work that we eat few times a day, but usually we poop only once?
Is the colon somehow programmed to buffer the waste until the time is up and then dumps it all further?
Got this thought when observing my dog who eats twice a day (morning and evening) and more or less poops twice a day (morning and evening).
Everything from 3 times a day to once every 3 days is normal. It depends on how much you eat, how much of it your body can absorb, your fiber intake and some genetic variance too.
Your intestines aren’t a conveyor belt, things don’t constantly move. There are multiple muscles acting as a valve between different sections. Based on the factors above your body decides when to push stuff to the next section including the exit.
Cuz we’re generally more full of shit than we like to admit.
I don’t usually eat more than once or maybe twice a day but often still take more than one shit.
Everyone’s bowels are bitty different.
no poop knife for this guy, amiright?!
Maybe you poop only once. Everything between three times a day and every three days is in the normal range. If you find yourself within this range, congratulations, you are a boring pooper.
Important note: it’s good to be a boring pooper
Once a day? You’re not eating enough fiber.
Science time!
Fast for 24 hours then use an anal douche. This should completely clear your digestive track.
Now eat for the next 24 hours while measuring everything you eat. Every time you poop make sure to measure it, either my measuring the poop directly (poop in a bowl?) Or by measuring the difference in weight after you poop (be sure to first pee as to not measure liquids)
Now fast for another 24 hours while continuing to measure your poop. By the end of it you should have to total weight you eat and the total weight you pooped. For most foods you can probably reduce the weight by half to account for liquids (most will be pee, some will be in your poop, this will depend on the liquidness of your poop)
Now you will probably notice a few things:
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you poop a lot less mass than you consume, this is because you turn a lot of it into energy.
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there is a lot of water in food
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you probably poop more than you think (one dump can be quite big in comparison to a meal when removing liquids)
Enjoy!
OK, but I’m using your bowl.
You could also just measure without fasting over a full week and compare averages. Assuming your diet is consistent.
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Once a day? Hahahaha
That would save me a lot of time!
So my kids poop 1-2 times a day, normally lunch time then evening time.
My partner is once a day.
I’m more like 2-3 times a day, normally morning and then just before bedtime.
Because we store poo for later shits
Just wanted to point out that the colon is
LIFO and not FIFOFIFO and not LIFO wow I need more caffeineIt is healthier to do it more often.
Because we are taught by society to not poop at work.
Naturally we poop way more often, and naturally we ate more often too.
Boss makes a dollar, I make a dime, that’s why I shit on company time
Boss makes a dollar, I make a dime
If only the inequality gap were this small…
Boss make a grand, I make a buck, that’s why I’m stealing the catalytic converter off the company truck.
/j
Well played!
Because we are taught by society to not poop at work.
LOL I must have been sick at home during that lesson…