The Biggest Mistake People Make On The Toilet | Dr. Trisha Pasricha
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🗓️ 15 March 2026
⏱️ 113 minutes
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00:00 Intro
00:56 Her Background
05:35 Leaning To Poop
10:45 Is Your Gut Inside Or Outside?
15:10 Don't Say That Word
16:30 Smartphones On Toilet
23:40 Fiber
29:29 IBS
44:00 Probiotics
56:50 Constipation
1:00:05 Colorectal Cancer / Red Meat
1:21:10 Symptoms To Be Aware Of
1:33:52 The Science Of Farts
1:42:10 Misconceptions
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| 0:00.0 | It sounds kind of strange that as a fully grown adult, you could have been pooping wrong this whole time. I can't believe there are people in this world who don't look every time they go to the bathroom. So you should have been crossing the street and pooping. Yeah, always look. 100% thank you. Yeah. Dr. Pasricha's new book, You've been pooping all wrong, provides an honest, accurate, and un-intimidating |
| 0:22.4 | look into the science of your stool. |
| 0:25.1 | What is the number of poops per day that we should strive for? |
| 0:29.9 | Everybody right now listening is going to think that answer is one. |
| 0:32.9 | How many times a day would you think is normal to fart? |
| 0:35.6 | A lot of people can't poop on vacation. |
| 0:37.6 | What does the color of your stool or your poop |
| 0:41.0 | tell you about yourself? |
| 0:42.5 | We talked about what warning signs to look out for. |
| 0:45.2 | When you need to go see a doctor |
| 0:47.2 | and the genuine risk that comes with |
| 0:49.6 | bringing your phone to the porcelain throne. |
| 0:51.8 | Huge thanks to Microsoft Dragon co-pilot |
| 0:54.0 | for sponsoring this video. |
| 0:55.3 | The topic that I'm excited to talk to you about today is one where I feel nuance has been |
| 1:00.6 | probably missing from the most. Is that a fair statement? I think so. I mean, if we're talking |
| 1:05.4 | about health information, especially health information online, nuance is hard. Newance is hard. |
| 1:10.7 | And, you know, in my field, |
| 1:12.2 | I'm a medical journalist that's a little bit of a different category than the traditional |
| 1:18.1 | sort of medical influencers. It's a different category than a lot of doctors. And all of these |
| 1:23.2 | different groups have an important role to play in the ecosystem. But all of them, I think, take that |
| 1:28.9 | idea of nuance a little bit differently and they interpret it differently and they kind of have to |
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