Posted on 07/27/2024 9:57:48 PM PDT by ConservativeMind
A study reveals that bowel movement frequency significantly influences physiology and long-term health, with the best outcomes linked with passing stools once or twice a day.
Previous research has suggested associations between constipation and diarrhea with higher risks of infections and neurodegenerative conditions, respectively.
Gibbons and his team collected clinical, lifestyle, and biological data—including blood chemistry, gut microbiome, genetics and more—from over 1,400 healthy adult volunteers with no signs of active disease.
When stools linger too long in the gut, microbes exhaust the available fiber—which they ferment into beneficial short-chain fatty acids—and instead ferment proteins, producing toxins like p-cresol sulfate and indoxyl sulfate.
"What we found is that even in healthy people who are constipated, there is a rise in these toxins in the bloodstream," said Gibbons, noting that these toxins are particularly burdensome to the kidneys.
In cases of diarrhea, the team found clinical chemistries indicative of inflammation and liver damage. Gibbons explained that during diarrhea, the body excretes excessive bile acid, which the liver would otherwise recycle to dissolve and absorb dietary fats.
Fiber-fermenting gut bacteria known as "strict anaerobes," associated with good health thrived in the "Goldilocks zone" of one or two poops a day.
"It was eating more fruit and vegetables, that was the biggest signal we saw," said Gibbons, along with drinking plenty of water, regular physical activity, and eating a more plant-dominant diet.
(Excerpt) Read more at medicalxpress.com ...
“Should we post “selfies” here?”
There’s probably already a website...
“Human bodies don’t reject fiber...”
Does any fiber get absorbed by one’s body? As the Mayo Clinic puts it, “...fiber isn’t digested by your body. Instead, it passes relatively intact through your stomach, small intestine and colon and out of your body.”
Twice a day here. Sometimes 3
ROTFLMAO!!!
When Beau’s phone is ringing and he’s not around to answer it, and I can SEE who is calling I answer, “Vandelay Industries. How may I direct your call?”
His buddies actually CALL HIM NOW hoping I pick up, LOL!
Yeah, we all have the same sense of humor. Obviously! ;)
Mom used to feed us girls Cod Liver Oil! I have NO idea why and she says she, ‘doesn’t remember.’
The DOG loved licking the spoon while Sis and I were writhing and gagging on the floor, LOL!
On the Bright Side, I’m still very regular and have never gotten Scurvy! ;)
“I don’t give two craps. But I do give one crap.”
LOL! I nominate this post for ‘Post Of The Day!’ :)
So sorry for your loss! It’s an awful cancer! Lost my Step-Dad and a favorite Uncle to Pancreatic Cancer. :(
Well, we DID grow up poor, so maybe she was trying to help our brains or something because our diet consisted of not much more than Free Government Cheese. ;)
Either way, I survived yet another Birthday this week, so I’m good! Thanks, Mom! :)
Congratulations on another birthday! I just did #84 a month ago despite my wicked, wicked ways!😎
That’s tough to handle.
You have my sympathies. I wish it could have been different for her.
There are things we can never really know or understand. Everything needs to be kept in mind around God and His own plan.
I’m going to need a list of the best restrooms in town.
They now have lemon-flavored cod liver oil. Tastes like a lemon cookie. Kind of. Close enough that I don’t mind taking it daily.
I’ll take that under advisement. ;)
You might consider Leland Brandt.
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