In my last poop video I talked about the potential efficacy of prunes and dried figs

and helping to keep us regular.

What about the influence of body position on defecation? While squatting continues

to be the traditional position in populations of Asia and Africa, Westerners have become accustomed

to sitting on toilet seats. And when we do that, when we sit upright, our poop is forced to make

nearly 90-degree turn the so-called recto-anal angle. Now, that's a good thing in

terms of keeping us from pooping our pants every time we sit down. But when it comes to doing

our business, the sitting toilet posture defeats the purpose of our body's brilliant design,

like trying to drive a car without releasing the parking brake. Yet many physicians are hesitant to discuss such an unmentionable bodily function

or may just be ignorant.

Doctors don't know squat.

Of course, this is coming from someone who owns a company selling people squatting platforms

for their toilets.

In a previous video, I talked about those little footstools you can use to raise your knees

when you assume the pooping position, but they were not found to make a difference in

terms of self-described difficulty in defecating, or the average time spent emptying one's bowels,

but those stools gave just a measly four-inch boost.

This so-called squatty-potty is twice that height, and while you have to admire their graphics

from booty blockage to fecal fiesta, complete with little rainbow poops, it had never been

put to the test until now. The implementation of a defecation posture modification device, i.e. Squatty-potty,

and it worked.

Increased feelings of bowel emptiness, reduced stranding in about a minute off of their

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