I wonder if this explains in part the purported health benefits from cofee. One thing people claim makes hard to quit cofee habit it's that they can't take a shit in the morning anymore.
Advancing human gut microbiota research by considering gut transit time (2023)
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#53"Linked" not "caused". So it may be that someone with Parkinson's just happen to have slower rates.
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#54I did quite some experimenting with this. Fruit moves fastest and green leaves. Meat, cheese, oil and fats slowest. But we often eat combinations: and the slowest component of your food determines the speed of the whole. Also: it's a one lane road and "over taking" is not possible. So, eating a fast moving meal after a slow moving meal results in the fast mover getting stuck behind the slow mover. Hence I start my da…
yeah my mileage is i eat fruit and i get cramps and the squirts for the next two days.
as I've gotten older my ability to consume fruit, onions, garlic and most dairy (and coffee :-( ) has been taken away from me. its really a miserable experience for someone that enjoys eating new and interesting things all the time.
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#55Headline is megaclickbait. The research is about how healthier gut microbiomes correlate with improved pooping and nothing about how it impacts your health.
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#56Eat lots of fibers and water, and you'll poop like a cow.
... Would that be good? I mean that soft flat pancake thing they produce. My general approach so far was to aim fora not too soft, not too hard kind of poop. Like a one that slides out of you with minimal wiping needed afterward. Like what would be the gold standard for poop consistency?
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#58I guess with my IBS I should be the healthiest person around.
Akshually, IBS-D is the least common form of IBS.
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#60I did quite some experimenting with this. Fruit moves fastest and green leaves. Meat, cheese, oil and fats slowest. But we often eat combinations: and the slowest component of your food determines the speed of the whole. Also: it's a one lane road and "over taking" is not possible. So, eating a fast moving meal after a slow moving meal results in the fast mover getting stuck behind the slow mover. Hence I start my da…
yeah my mileage is i eat fruit and i get cramps and the squirts for the next two days. as I've gotten older my ability to consume fruit, onions, garlic and most dairy (and coffee :-( ) has been taken away from me. its really a miserable experience for someone that enjoys eating new and interesting things all the time.
IANAD, but sounds like IBS or similar, not necessarily age-related, and potentially treatable.