How bathroom posture affects your health.
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#2I've been perching for 2 years and subjectively recommend it.
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#3I've been perching for 2 years and subjectively recommend it.
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#4Kudos to those who participated in the studies (particularly the Japanese study). They sounded extraodinarily uncomfortable. As odd as it sounds, I'm thankful for the lengths some will go for science (I'm going to pretend this was the motivation).
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#5Squat toilets are also more sanitary. I'd much prefer public toilets in the US be of the squat variety.
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#6I believe I saw a diagram once of one's internals in both postures. The squatted one looked more "natural" or at least less... "tangled". I had no luck finding that picture to share though. Can anyone assist?
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#7News the laxative industry doesn't want you to hear!
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#8This article speaks the truth. I was traveling in China last year and was averse to pooping in the squat toilets there (they're generally quite filthy). In any case, eventually push came to shove and I had to bite the bullet.
It was like an awakening, I had not realized how uncomfortable are our western toilets until this experience.
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#9>sitting on toilets—a recent phenomenon, stemming from the invention of the flush toilet in 1591—might be unhealthy
There's a Roman museum near here that has a model barracks toilet which is basically like a modern compost loo - it's like an enclosed bench with holes to defecate through. I guess you might be supposed to stand on it but it's certainly not presented that way.
I've seen toilets in medieval château and castles with wooden seats on a knee height enclosure too. Doesn't appear to be an invention that followed the flush toilet. Nor can I see how a flush toilet would need a change in posture.
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#10>sitting on toilets—a recent phenomenon, stemming from the invention of the flush toilet in 1591—might be unhealthy There's a Roman museum near here that has a model barracks toilet which is basically like a modern compost loo - it's like an enclosed bench with holes to defecate through. I guess you might be supposed to stand on it but it's certainly not presented that way. I've seen toilets in medieval château and c…
>Nor can I see how a flush toilet would need a change in posture.
You're definitely correct. South East Asia (at the minimum) has millions of flushable porcelain squat toilets. :)