Defecation is the final act of digestion, by which organisms eliminate a solid, semisolid, or liquid waste material known as feces from the digestive tract via the anus. The act has a variety of euphemisms ranging from the common, like pooping, to the technical, e.g. bowel movement. (Wikiepdia)
Anatomically humans are actually designed to squat to POOP and the way that the modern toilet has been designed actually causes us to change and natural positions that we would usually use to evacuate our bowels. The way we sit on the toilet has been linked to health conditions like: Colon Cancer, Hemorrhoids, Constipation, Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBS), Appendicitis and more..
So What Are We Pooping Wrong?
Research shows that our position actually plays a bigger role in these alignments than a lack of dietary fiber which is something that we’ve been told causes these conditions for a long time now, so there is the pure Puborectalis muscle that holds the rectum in place when we sit at a ninety degree angle, this muscle literally chokes the rectum and actually seals it off this then requires pushing on your behalf to try and complete the bowel movement, although the movement can actually never really be complete. This causes an accumulation and hardening of built up waste matter in the lower areas of the colon, now think that people are sinning in this position every single day no wonder that this is contributing to the health conditions mentioned before.
How Can You POOP Right?
Sitting at your natural position which is at a 35 degree angle relaxes the Puborectalis muscle and straightens the rectum letting things take their natural course.
We have to learn from People in the “Developing world” because they squat to eliminate waste, while people in the Western world sit because it is more “Civilized”
Squatting on the toilet
- Use a toilet stool
- Your knees must be higher than your hips
- Rest your hands on your thighs
- Lean forward into a 35 degree
- Make sure your spine is straight
Benefits of Squatting:
- It prevents straining
- It allows for faster and easier bowel movements
- It also allows the lower colon to empty completely
- Helps you get flatter tummy because having complete bowel movements reduces bloating and in digestion which gives you a flatter tummy.
- It maintains good colon health
- It protects the nerves that control the prostate bladder and uterus from becoming stretched and damaged