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Posted 6/9/2015 12:44 AM (GMT 0)
Certainly been talked about here before, but there's some new faces around. Interesting it was covered on business insider.

I raise my feet on a small bathroom trashcan with a lid, seems to help. A small kids stool, or something of equal height, is free and easy to try.

Article: If You Sit On The Toilet, You Don't Know Squat

m.huffpost.com/us/entry/7511706

Squatting is the more natural position, and the stopwatch proves it, too, according to the clip. Business Insider cited a 2003 Israeli study in which squatters evacuated their bowels in 51 seconds, while those who sat on a high toilet did it in 130 seconds.
Posted 6/9/2015 1:36 AM (GMT 0)
Good grief 51 seconds and 130!! Except for some times when I'm flaring I doubt I'm ever over 5-15 seconds. These people need more fiber or something.

I squat and have been for years (only at home or work, not in a public toilet). I just pull the lid up, take shoes off and squat. I can't do it when I can tell it will be loose tho. That would make for nasty splashes. Sometime perfectly formed ones can do the same thing rolleyes

Hmmm...I now have no reason to ever lower the lid in the bathroom. When I get married that will give the wife something to complain about since I'll never put the seat down.
Posted 6/9/2015 3:20 AM (GMT 0)
i squat on the toilet seat and pooping goes very quickly. i usually sit for 30 seconds and then i'm good. my hips have become extremely flexible!! when i'm in a public restroom, i'm sure people wonder why they can't see my feet in the stall!!
Posted 6/9/2015 3:49 AM (GMT 0)
Imagine being the students that got hired for the study to actually sit there and time people while they poop..... those poor first year students always get the $hittiest of jobs....

PS - It works good. Squatting.
Posted 6/9/2015 5:04 PM (GMT 0)
banana...I do hope you use toilet paper on the seat in public washrooms to help protect from the bathroom floor stuff....

I don't squat, so far haven't had to...but might try a low stool one day.

q
Posted 6/9/2015 8:11 PM (GMT 0)
you all (except Q) sound like professional stunt performers :) Even though I'm underweight, i think i would never do such acro tricks, and after all, it's such a waste of great lavatorial moments :)
Posted 6/9/2015 8:21 PM (GMT 0)
I should probably really have a squatty potty since I have the constipation issues that at I have...I think it would be harder for me to actually put my feet on the sides of the toilet to get into the squatting position not physically so much as mentally. I'd have to buy 3 of them to accommodate all 3 of my bathrooms at home though and then there would likely still be the times when I'm out in public or someone else's house and not have it with me...it's too bad they just don't make toilets properly to give the effect needed for squatting rather than sitting on toilets. I've heard for many years that conventional toilets are not deigned properly for squatting to pass a bowel movement which has led to the assumption that it causes issues for people to develop constipation, don't know how accurate that statement is but when I think about it, it makes sense to me.
Posted 6/9/2015 8:38 PM (GMT 0)
The first time I heard this I thought I would give it a try, but I wasn't going to spend the 20 bucks on a plastic stool, so I thought I would try an empty Lawn Trash bag box, this was about 3 months ago, well that empty Hefty box still sits in the bathroom or right outside of it and I use it about 90% of time, it really does work, I empty out fast and the best part is I actually feel empty where sitting sometimes leaves that feeling or actual stuff still left at the end of the tail pipe. This is definitely a winner in my book.
Posted 6/9/2015 8:46 PM (GMT 0)
I'm all for improved solutions, why but a squatty potty when you can repurpose stuff you already have.

When the DW wanted to get a new trashcan for our bathroom, my only criterion was let's get a little one with a lid for an incognito squatty potty, so no need to explain to house guests what a squatty potty is or why I need one. Here's the can we picked out. /m.bedbathandbeyond.com/m/product/simplehuman-brushed-stainless-steel-fingerprint-proof-6-liter-semi-round-step-wastebasket-in-white/1014443444

I should totally write a review that it's a great squatty potty substitute on bed bath and beyonds website lol...
Posted 6/9/2015 8:50 PM (GMT 0)
I think next time I'm out and about shopping I'm going to look for something similar in height to use at home, could probably find some kiddie stool or something in the toy department to use as an alternative and it'll hopefully be cheaper than 20.00 for one.

Maybe if I can find an alternative to use at home I won't have to "go" when I'm in public/at someone's home because I'll have already emptied out by the time I leave the house so I'm glad to know your experience Bad Gut of using an alternative to the actual squatty-potty makes you feel like you're actually emptied out.
Posted 6/9/2015 10:57 PM (GMT 0)
i would definitely mess the seat if I tried to do banana's stunts. I can't imagine getting into that position and picturing someone doing it is funny to me :)
Posted 6/10/2015 1:34 PM (GMT 0)
I would worry about falling into the toilet. I just use a stool that I prop my feet on while sitting.
Posted 6/10/2015 3:47 PM (GMT 0)
I just wouldn't have issues with falling into the toilet, I would be afraid of breaking it and if that didn't happen the concern would be directed at the upcoming anticipated splash down, from that high up who knows what kind of splash it is going to make.
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