Constipation: are we all secretly backed up?

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🗓️ 25 February 2026

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Constipation affects millions of people every day, and billions every year. The actual definition of constipation is complicated - and there are crazy ways to find out why you have it. It is linked to fibre, it is linked to water - but the most recent research states it could be linked to musculature? EITHER WAY today we will break down all the controversial science of constipation to get you MOVING (inside and out)

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0:00.0	Hello, side note listeners. If you live in Toronto, I will be having my art show on March 19th from the hours of 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at O'CAD University. This is the art show that goes along with the thesis I've been working on for my MFA, the last two years, which I've been talking about on the podcast. So again, if you live in Toronto, March 19th, 6 to 9 p.m. Okad University, it's at something called Adaslate Gallery.
0:24.4	I'll be there. Mitch will be there. Yeah, come support me.
0:30.3	But we are a sub-science here to make things make sense.
0:34.5	Today we are talking about constipation.
0:37.9	Does everyone have it?
0:39.5	The actual definition of it is very surprising.
0:42.5	Kind of blew my mind.
0:43.6	We're going to be talking about how you find out if you have it, the proper ways to deal with it.
0:47.2	What's going on here?
0:48.4	Is it happen more as you age?
0:49.6	There's a lot of science and some crazy, honestly crazy ways that you find out.
0:55.3	I can't even know.
0:56.4	How do we talk about some of the things that are being disgusting?
1:00.8	Well, okay, maybe this episode might feel a little disgusting.
1:03.3	We're going to be talking about Greg's favorite words.
1:04.7	Don't say it.
1:05.5	Poop.
1:06.1	No.
1:07.7	Well, this came up in another pod where we kind of had a moment where we were like
1:11.7	where it is it all go and if you're constipated for days or some people all week it's kind of
1:16.3	like that kind of prompted and we're like we need to do an episode on this and a lot of people
1:20.2	in my life talk about being constipated and I'm just like what yeah so full disclosure
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