I know high fiber foods is a large part of it, but is there anything else to it?

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    1. Wax your ass
    2. Get a squatting stool
    3. Don’t eat spicy food
    4. High Fiber, meaning, don’t eat anything purréd
    5. Try to eat a salad with lunch/dinner
    6. Limit or eliminate processed foods
    7. Limit saturated fat intake up until the point your gallbladder can keep up
    8. Red sauces, not white sauces
    9. Eliminate fried food
    10. Eat foods that are in a form where you can visually discern each major ingredient. (That’s kinda where the term “Whole Foods” comes from)
    11. Eat lean proteins like chicken/fish/Pork (not bacon)
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    Fiber and good gut biome. It can take a while to correct if out of wack.

    Eat less frequently. OMAD or skip one meal. Also if you’re drinking a lot of water, supplement with electrolyte capsules (no Gatorade) to maintain optimal function. Reduce or eliminate snacking between meals.

    the large intestines absorbs water, electrolytes, and vitamins. It won’t function as well if your shits out of whack.

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    Sugar free orange flavored metamucil. No joke. Mix up one or two spoonfuls each morning and in the next day or two your shits will start being magical.

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      Citrucel is also pretty great especially if metamucil gives you some gas.

      If pooping was an Olympic sport, fiber would be performance enhancing.

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      Not entirely true. Metamucil, as it contains mostly soluble fiber, will help with regularity, but not with firmness. For firmer stools, thus “no wipe,” more INsoluble fiber is the way to go.

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      Seconding this. It’s honestly a little embarrassing how much taking solid shits improves your life. Bathroom breaks are quicker, don’t stink as much, and you save a fortune on toilet paper. My diet has since improved to the point where I don’t need it, but I still keep a couple tubs of it in the pantry just in case.

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        So you don’t smell like shit. Even a terrible parent will teach you at least that much.

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          I guess you missed the question and never had the experience then.

          Ever so rarely, sometimes some people have the rare chance to drop a perfectly healthy log, and their very first wipe came back clean.

          The question wasn’t about whether I should wipe my ass or not, there’s always that single safety check wipe anyways. The question was about a better diet with the goal of that hypothetical no-wipe, or at least reducing wipes, poo.

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            Then you’re right, I misunderstood. Sorry.

            To properly answer then, I’d be looking at indigestible or underdigested fats, particularly if it’s sticky or hard to clean.

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      Thanks for the random response! Most everything you said makes good sense 👍

      Nah, no problems wiping here, I just asked as a generic discussion question that I think everyone has some interest in.

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    Consistent ghost poops whenever I’m eating vegan consistently.

    Mainly because meat gets swapped to beans and other high fibre options

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    Always gotta wipe, just in case, but I rarely actually need to. No idea what I’m doing right so here’s some facts about my diet

    1. I drink a gallon+ between straight water, coffee, and flavored sparkling water (no calorie, aspartame-sweetened)

    2. My breakfast is usually cereal with 1% milk or bacon and eggs once a week.

    Ramen for lunch

    Pizza or pasta for dinner, with a vegetable side

    Fruits and whatnot are eaten intermittently as snacks.

    Hope this helps I guess its not the best diet but I’m always regular.

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        Eat enough that your body gets used to it?

        If I had to guess I’d say its based on the amount of water I drink, and maybe coffee poops keeping me regular, less about the diet itself.

        Dunno for sure, but I do know I have been so regular it was a surprise when someone told me a bidet reduces toilet paper usage, because I just didn’t believe it could do so. That’s because it can’t in my case. Takes me about as long to poop as it does to pee. Wish I could tell you what exactly I’m doing right but something is right.