How does it work that we eat few times a day, but usually we poop only once?
Is the colon somehow programmed to buffer the waste until the time is up and then dumps it all further?
Got this thought when observing my dog who eats twice a day (morning and evening) and more or less poops twice a day (morning and evening).
…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.
Everything from 3 times a day to once every 3 days is normal. It depends on how much you eat, how much of it your body can absorb, your fiber intake and some genetic variance too.
Your intestines aren’t a conveyor belt, things don’t constantly move. There are multiple muscles acting as a valve between different sections. Based on the factors above your body decides when to push stuff to the next section including the exit.
Cuz we’re generally more full of shit than we like to admit.
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.
Who is “we”? Speak for yourself, I usually poop after most meals; if I’ve eaten a lot or very spicy or fatty things, I might even poop more than once for the same meal.
Pros poop during the meal.
Yes, your colon is a poop buffer.
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.
This 2-4 times a day means you have a healthy digestive track. Anything less than once a day is cause for concern.
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.
Maybe you poop only once. Everything between three times a day and every three days is in the normal range. If you find yourself within this range, congratulations, you are a boring pooper.
Important note: it’s good to be a boring pooper
Once a day? You’re not eating enough fiber.
no poop knife for this guy, amiright?!
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:
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you poop a lot less mass than you consume, this is because you turn a lot of it into energy.
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there is a lot of water in food
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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.
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Once a day? Hahahaha
That would save me a lot of time!
Humans have a really good digestive tract for getting nutrients out of food. So you take a lot of the mass of the food you eat and use it in your body as energy or building material. As such your poop has significantly smaller mass because it’s made up of all the stuff you’re body can’t use after it’s pulled out so the good bits.
As for dogs my understanding is they have a shorter digestive tract to allow them to eat the nasty stuff does seem to like without getting sick so they are probably less efficient at removing nutrients and poop more proportionally to what they eat.
So my kids poop 1-2 times a day, normally lunch time then evening time.
My partner is once a day.
I’m more like 2-3 times a day, normally morning and then just before bedtime.
