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    Compared with people who pooped once a day, constipated participants had significantly worse cognition equivalent to three years more of chronological cognitive aging, the authors found. Increased risk was also found among those who pooped more than twice daily, though these higher odds were small.

    Not pooping often enough? Jail. Pooping too often? Believe it or not, also jail

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    This surely makes me a fucking genius

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    kind of obvious to say ig but correlation =/= causation. for ex: fiber, (the plant material in our diets that is undigestable by us, but is digestible by the healthy bacteria in our intestines) both leads to a healthy “gut microbiome” while having the side effect of making your poops bigger and softer, such that it is easier for your intestines to push it through your digestive system.

    Still, in case anyone was wondering, you are supposed to be pooping, aka “having bowel movements” once every day 2-3 times every day. If you aren’t that regular, you may need to eat more beans & grains and less processed foods & meats

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      you are supposed to be pooping, aka “having bowel movements” once every day.

      Citation needed, pretty sure this is long outdated. Afaik, anything from 3 times a day to once every three days is fine.

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    I poop like 3 times a day or more. Almost always about 30 minutes after I eat. I poop when I wake up. I’ll poop 1 or two times at work. I’ll poop usually about an hour before bed. I poop when I walk around walmart

    I poop a lot

    I literally just got done pooping

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    When that burrito plug came loose, my brain started working again in bliss. I believe!

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    Now we need to find the poster who wanted to hold it in for three days and see if there has been a cognitive decline… for science

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    If a genie ever gives me three wishes, one of them will be that I never have to use the bathroom again. I hate every second of it. Maybe the cognitive decline is worth avoiding pooping so often.