Have You Been Pooping The Wrong Way?

It’s probably never crossed your mind. When you use the restroom, you use it the way your parents taught you, their parents taught them, and so on. It really is what unites us all. But could you be pooping the wrong way?

Some scientists at the Stanford University Pelvic Floor think that we’re more designed for squatting than sitting. When you look at very old toilets, you start to see it making sense. Some studies have even tied incorrect pooping to cancer, appendicitis, hernias and other intestinal issues.

In 2003, a group of scientists asked 28 participants to poop in 3 different positions: sitting on a high toilet, a low toilet, and squatting. They found that elimination was easier when the participants squatted. How fun of a study must that have been to participate in?

Here’s the skinny on how we ought to be pooping: