Cuz we're generally more full of shit than we like to admit.
Science time!
Fast for 24 hours then use an anal douche. This should completely clear your digestive track.
Now eat for the next 24 hours while measuring everything you eat. Every time you poop make sure to measure it, either my measuring the poop directly (poop in a bowl?) Or by measuring the difference in weight after you poop (be sure to first pee as to not measure liquids)
Now fast for another 24 hours while continuing to measure your poop. By the end of it you should have to total weight you eat and the total weight you pooped. For most foods you can probably reduce the weight by half to account for liquids (most will be pee, some will be in your poop, this will depend on the liquidness of your poop)
Now you will probably notice a few things:
you poop a lot less mass than you consume, this is because you turn a lot of it into energy.
there is a lot of water in food
you probably poop more than you think (one dump can be quite big in comparison to a meal when removing liquids)
Enjoy!
OK, but I'm using your bowl.
You could also just measure without fasting over a full week and compare averages. Assuming your diet is consistent.
...You poop only once?
Ever.
Everybody gets one.
I'm planning to use mine on my 40th birthday. It should make for a really special day.
Imagine the dump saved up for 40 years. The relief. Hnnng.
But first the pain of delivery.
Oh... God...
In fairly certain there are days I lose track of many shits I took.
some people poop 3 times daily, others 3 times a week, both are considered normal.
I don't usually eat more than once or maybe twice a day but often still take more than one shit.
Everyone's bowels are bitty different.
Yes, your colon is a poop buffer.
The rectum is considerably larger than your mouth, and can hold a lot more shit.
You only eat a mouthful per meal?
I generally prefer to not get shit in my mouth at all but you do you.
I'm 2-3 times a day. it was 5+ until we figured out my body hates gluten
Unless you are celiac, its likely FODMAPs your body hates. There is a correllation between the amount of gluten and FODMAPs in food that makes watching gluten get part of the picture, but you're missing the whole picture and thus likely not completely regular yet. FODMAPs are in most things. Onions are concentrated FODMAPs and so is tomato sauce.
My doc gave me this initially https://www.ibsdiets.org/fodmap-diet/fodmap-diet-chart/ but there are others you should cross reference for more food item coverage.
I have to admit. Onions, garlic and mushrooms were haaaaard to remove. Ive turned to Miso and a lot of japanese and thai food with the onions removed from any recipes to get this right.
But now I'm down from 5 poops to 1 poop a day.
I’m about to try this diet to get to the bottom of it, but I think onions/garlic seem to be a problem. It’s not that bad a condition, but I’d like to at least be able to know when I’m signing up for indigestion.
Additionally "FODMAP" is a huge umbrella.
Most people don't have issues with every type in that umbrella. A full FODMAP diet is usually too restrictive for people to get the most out of their diet, and isn't recommended for most. Ideally you go full FODMAP for a month, then start reintroducing foods until you know which kinds bother you.
Sometimes it can be as simple as eliminating sugar alcohols for the lucky.
I'd be more miserable without that food than I am with gastro issues. Fuck that.
How much you poop is going to vary based both on your body and your diet. Ive read anywhere from 3 times a day to once every 3 days can be normal.
3 times a day is normal? that sounds torturous!
Pooping is one of life's simple pleasures.
It shouldn't take longer than a minute...
Boss makes a dollar, I make a dime - that's why I poop on company time.
Well, Dr Goldstein clearly doesn't own a smartphone...
Id agree. Swapped all my carbs to higher fiber carbs a bit ago and I'm still upset when I have to shit twice a day, I could be happily wasting that time instead of having to shit again.
no poop knife for this guy, amiright?!
I would guess (without knowing for sure) that it's because your body absorbs a part of the food, so you poop out less mass than you eat.
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