Squatty Potty Ecco | The Original Bathroom Toilet Stool | 9 Inch | White | Puts Your Body in Optimal Natural Squatting Position

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One of the dizzying ironies of our time is that an earlier reverence for the trappings of civilisation seems to be giving way to a pervasive distrust of modern habits and modern technology. Cars have ruined cities, atomised people and poisoned the atmosphere. Plastics have poisoned the seas. Deodorants and air fresheners have poisoned us. Antibacterial soap has led to the rise of superbugs. Your chair is killing you. So are your running shoes. If you listen to Jared Diamond or Yuval Noah Harari, the development of agricultural civilisation may be the gravest mistake humans ever made. For vigour and vitality, you should renounce thousands of years of grain-based eating and return to a paleolithic diet. A healthy poo is generally a medium brown colour, but certain foods or medications can change its colour temporarily!

If you’ve ever wished pooping could be a faster or more pleasant experience, you may like having a toilet stool. “Toilet angles aren’t well aligned with how the anus and rectum [are] designed to be positioned when it’s time to have a bowel movement,” said Dr. Sophie Balzora, a clinical associate professor of medicine at NYU’s Grossman School of Medicine. The ideal pooping position is a squat—a posture that toilet stools help simulate by raising a person’s feet while they’re sitting on the toilet. This posture helps to straighten the colon and provide a smoother channel for poop to exit the body. (You can read more about how and whether it works here.) The best toilet stool for you depends on your style, space, and budget. Most toilet stools are made from plastic, which is sturdy and cheaper to manufacture and buy than some other materials. Medical grade plastic is versatile and durable with high impact resistance and resistance to chemicals. It doesn't retain dangerous bacteria and it can withstand harsh cleaning agents, making it an ideal material for toilet stools. In many foreign countries ‘squatting’ toilets are commonplace, while problems such as haemorrhoids and diverticulitis aren’t. Not only are the muscles and blood vessels in danger when sitting, but the pelvic floor is put under a lot of stress too, which can cause bladder weakness and incontinence. The Squatty Potty has been expertly designed to put our bodies in the correct squatting position when we’re on the loo, so we are not at risk of developing any pelvic floor or bowel problems.Although a less common feature, it is possible to find a toilet stool designed to fit a replaceable air freshener. These are a fantastic choice if you like to keep things smelling sweet! On its descent through our bodies, faecal matter traverses a landscape marked by the poetry of the gastroenterologist: the flaps of tissue that project into the rectum, known as the “valves of Houston”; the bouquet of blood vessels contained in the “anal crypt”. As the rectum fills with the products of digestion, it signals, through nerves running into the sacral region of the spinal cord, that defecation may be necessary. The internal and external anal sphincters then begin a culturally mediated pas de deux, the former pressing for release and the latter restricting discharge until the opportune moment. Add chopped fruit and nuts to your cereal and replace half the meat in Bolognese or chilli with beans or pulses.

People often say pooping is taboo, but lately it seems more like a cultural fetish. There are poop emoji birthday parties for three-year-olds, people WhatsApping photos of their ordure to friends, TripAdvisor threads on how to avoid or avail yourself of squat toilets. Through the miracle of online media, you can now discover that, in the past year, both Brisbane, Australia and Colorado Springs, Colorado, suffered reigns of terror by mystery “pooping joggers” who ran around crapping on people’s lawns. There’s a whole YouTube subculture devoted to infiltrating restrooms with vintage toilets and surreptitiously flushing them over and over again ( one of these channels has more than 16m views). The renowned novelist Karl Ove Knausgaard has devoted passage after passage to his bowel movements. You can even read opinion pieces about the pleasures of evacuating in the nude. A ‘close stool’ chamber pot, circa 1670-1705, from Hampton Court Palace. Photograph: Royal Collection Trust An independent study by the Ohio State University proved the efficacy of using a toilet stool. Of the healthy adult participants, 71% reported a noticeable reduction in the time they spent on the toilet, with an incredible 90% saying they experienced a noticeable reduction in the need to strain. With a Squatty Potty toilet stool your bowel will empty more effectively, more easily and more fully! No straining, pushing or laxatives - just as nature intendedLike any technological solution, however, the water closet set in motion new problems. The use of water to dispose of faeces has been “a central element of our perilous fantasy that the planet was created for human convenience,” one Canadian scholar has written. Alongside improved hygiene and stronger taboos also came an explosion in various so-called “modern” diseases, such as haemorrhoids and constipation, which were attributed to seated toilets. One 20th-century physiotherapist described constipation as “the greatest physical vice of the white race”.

Most toilet stools are white, plain and rather utilitarian looking. In general, they are to be kept at the foot of your toilet, but some stools can be folded down and stored away too. When it comes to the way toilet stools look many people are simply looking for something that does the job. However, there are other styles and designs available too.Wondering whether a fold-away toilet stool is right for you? If you find toilet stools a little unsightly and would prefer to store them out of sight when not in use, one that folds away would probably suit you best. Easier, more complete toileting and elimination, no laxatives, no straining just natural positioning safely for maximum bowel emptying. When sitting down the anorectal angle is kinked and the puborectalis muscle chokes the rectum, keeping faeces inside. It is only when we squat, lifting our knees higher than our hips, that the anorectal angle is straightened and the puborectalis muscle releases the rectum, allowing complete defecation.