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One More Reason To Go Traditional by F00028: 3:09pm On Jan 08, 2013 |
For Best Toilet Health: Squat By Dr. Mercola Is the Western toilet in part responsible for problems like hemorrhoids, constipation, IBD (Inflammatory Bowel Disease), appendicitis, and even heart attacks? If you examine the data, there is a great deal of evidence this is true. The modern toilet has required us to change the position we use to evacuate our bowels, which changes the anatomy of… well, a poop, to put it bluntly. Infants instinctively squat to defecate, as does the majority of the world's population. But somehow the West was convinced that sitting is more civilized. Sitting on the modern Thomas Crapper-style sit-down toilet is designed to place your knees at a 90-degree angle to your abdomen. However, the time-honored natural squat position places the knees much closer to your torso, and this position actually changes the spacial relationships of your intestinal organs and musculature, optimizing the forces involved in defecation. Sitting to evacuate your bowel requires you to apply additional force (straining), which has some unwanted biological effects, including a temporary disruption in cardiac flow... more: http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2012/12/03/toilet-squatting-position.aspx |
Re: One More Reason To Go Traditional by dominique(f): 3:58pm On Jan 08, 2013 |
So we should resort to pit-laterine toilets now. Na wao. How can babies that cant stand possibly squat |
Re: One More Reason To Go Traditional by F00028: 5:20pm On Jan 08, 2013 |
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