So that does mean EVERYONE has been doing it wrong this whole time?
We’d like to say that men discussing their toilet habits isn’t a frequent thing, but to be honest about it, we’d be lying.
Women might be shocked to hear this, but men talk about their shites all the time. A worrying amount in fact.
Which is why we’re shocked to learn that we’ve been doing it wrong this whole time.
Why? Because we sit down when we do our number twos in the bathroom, that’s why.
According to a book, Charming Bowels, by German author Giulia Enders, we should squat over the jacks as opposed to sitting on it while dumping our logs in the lake.
Enders reckons that the closure mechanism of the gut is not designed to “open the hatch completely” when we’re sitting down or standing up: it’s like a kinked hose, apparently.
Worse still, sitting on the toilet leads to a greater chance of piles and diverticulosis.
The book was released months ago, but Enders’ revelations appear to have been flushed out again because of an interview published in The Guardian today; if the inner workings of your bowels is the type of thing you’re into, then it will make for a fascinating read.
A load of shite if you ask us.
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