a must have for your bathroom

Hi Friends,

Hope everyone is enjoying the holidays

I received a newsletter a little while back about this thing called Squatty Potty. Then saw a youtube video and was further intrigued, but not yet convinced. Now that I've been using it for a few weeks and spoke to the owner, I'm convinced this is amazing. My time on the toilet has decreased, my bowels are emptied more fuller each time and it just looks nice in the bathroom(I ordered the white one but see there's a fancy bamboo version too). Check it out:

http://bit.ly/RsmB7m



I didn't like the thought of squatting(I've been to Japan and avoided it to find a regular toilet each time), to see if I'd like it before buying I took a stack of magazines and placed in front of my toilet. There are 3 size options, 5", 7" and 9", depending how flexible you are, or wish to become. Play around with magazines, or books and see what you think. It IS a tad uncomfortable at first, but it gets easier with practice. Knowing the health benefits I was determined to stick it out.

I was just reading a book, "Drop Dead Healthy" by A.J.Jacobs and in the chapter "the lower intestine" he talks about being on the toilet too long is bad for hemroids, also bad to train your bowels, your body, your mind, to take longer to eliminate. Good to know this as I use to read novels in the bathroom!! Of course during a flare things could take longer. In a scientific study they showed decrease times from 130seconds per sitter to 51 seconds per squatter. The squatter also rated the experience easier. The most pro-squatter people say the squatting posture prevents cancer and crohn's disease- though this is so far unproven. A Proctologist was quoted in Time magazine saying "We were not meant to sit on toilets, we were meant to squat in the field"

Also found this interesting: make sure to shut the lid before flushing. Otherwise, an explosion of tiny doplets of bacteria-ridden toilet water will coat your bathroom walls and toothbrushes.

Anyway, check it out. I was a skeptic at first but really like my squatty potty. Would love to hear from others who've tried it out

beachlife

bananagirl - yikes. how do you squat without squatty potty, or something similar?

I might buy it, looks interesting. I think there is truth in this thing.

Ha, at least now I can proudly tell everyone that we do squat in India. I squatted for 22 years of my life and honestly, the best relief, plus, it keeps your hamstrings in check. Now that I have been Westernised for 12 years, my hamstrings are tight as hell.
BUT
I disagree that it will help you with colitis or something.

But you don't need to spend $35 for that. Ikea will sell similar one for just $8, http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/80159519/

Plus, for the males, it is not wise to urinate standing. I forgot the reasoning behind it but again do that squatting.

(And BTW, Thanks for the video. I can throw this video on one of my German colleague's face..)

Seen this before, thanks for sharing beachlife. There is alot of truth to this. Human originally did squat to relieve the bowels, not sit. And the video is great for showing you WHY it helps to squat. Maybe I can dig up some research online and find something that shows how squatting has been around for a while.

...By the way, I'm likin the Bamboo --its premium made! XD

Did anyone else try the Squatty Potty? If I loved it more I'd ask the inventor to autograph mine. Much much less time in the bathroom - and less time during the day b/c my morning BM is huge, complete.

Now I'd love to buy/make a portable one so I can have better one's when I am not at home.......

For someone who has pretty creaky 70 yr old knees it is impossible to to even bend them sufficiently to that position.   They just don't want to bend that far!   Judging from the video it seems that one's buttocks are actually supported by the toilet seat anyways, so it's not really like 'doing it in a field' like ancient man.   I just did a dummy-run using a grandkid's potty stand which is about 5" high.    Although it was a bit hard on my knees, it seemed that 5" was the max height for me.  Any higher and I would be falling backwards.    My body weight was still being fully supported by the toilet seat but my knees were 5" higher.   Does this still count as a squat?