Pooping only every 3 or more days linked with cognitive decline, research finds

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• sudo_shinespark@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Compared with people who pooped once a day, constipated participants had significantly worse cognition equivalent to three years more of chronological cognitive aging, the authors found. Increased risk was also found among those who pooped more than twice daily, though these higher odds were small.

  Not pooping often enough? Jail. Pooping too often? Believe or not, also jail

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  • Patrizsche@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I tried to upvote your comment twice… I’m stupid maybe I don’t poop enough

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  • Uli@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Hmm, my 3-year-old niece is chronically constipated, so I think this must mean she’s as smart as a 6-year-old.

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• Uno@monyet.cc ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  kind of obvious to say ig but correlation =/= causation. for ex: fiber, (the plant material in our diets that is undigestable by us, but is digestible by the healthy bacteria in our intestines) both leads to a healthy “gut microbiome” while having the side effect of making your poops bigger and softer, such that it is easier for your intestines to push it through your digestive system.

  Still, in case anyone was wondering, you are supposed to be pooping, aka “having bowel movements” once every day. If you aren’t that regular, you may need to eat more beans & grains and less processed foods & meats

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  • Lumidaub@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    you are supposed to be pooping, aka “having bowel movements” once every day.

    Citation needed, pretty sure this is long outdated. Afaik, anything from 3 times a day to once every three days is fine.

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    • Steeve@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Can confirm, I poop 3 sometimes even 4 times a day and I’m literally the smartest person I know

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    • Trippin@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Exactly what I’ve heard from our pediatrician when talking about baby pooping. When someone reaches a certain age anything between 3 days and 3 times a day is OK, as long as it looks as a normal poo

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• Pinto23@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I poop like 3 times a day or more. Almost always about 30 minutes after I eat. I poop when I wake up. I’ll poop 1 or two times at work. I’ll poop usually about an hour before bed. I poop when I walk around walmart

  I poop a lot

  I literally just got done pooping

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  • SgtSilverLining@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    In all seriousness, that’s too much. If you are going directly after eating you’ve got some gi issues going on. Going that frequently can also mess up your gut flora and exacerbate whatever else you’ve got going on. Are you able to see a gastroenterologist?

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  • kryllic@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Same. I also have ibs so…

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  • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I’m pooping right now

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  • RaincoatsGeorge@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Do yourself a favor and get some psyllium husk. Don’t overdo it with the stuff , take it once daily to start, but it will make it so you don’t have to go multiple times a day. Also it’s good for you.

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• SrElsewhere@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  OP’s making anti-shitposts… Get him!

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• MegaTony@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Shitpost taken literally

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• sagrotan@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  When that burrito plug came loose, my brain started working again in bliss. I believe!

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• JoeKrogan@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Now we need to find the poster who wanted to hold it in for three days and see if there has been a cognitive decline… for science

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• Blazingflames6073@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Is this being posted here because of the user who didn’t poop for 3 days?

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• Default_Defect@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Thanks to my anti-rejection meds (or one of the other meds I take along with them) my poop has been easy peasy. Like soft serve.

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• Hazdaz@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  What about pooping 3x a day?

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  • Patrizsche@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Linked to cognitive IMPROVEMENT, research finds (probably)

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    • Hazdaz@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      And all this time I was accused of shitting my brains out.

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• Puzzle_Sluts_4Ever@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Honestly? makes sense. I suffer chronic constipiaton and generally either go “regularly” every 2 days or get borderline diarrhea every 3-4 days, depending on my diet and the moon cycles or whatever the fricking hell.

  And I know that I have a harder time focusing and thinking if I feel bloated. Part of it is the worry that I am going to need to step out three times in two hours to empty my colon out. Part of it is just that it is uncomfortable.

  That said

  About 16% of the worldwide adult population experiences constipation, but it’s even more common among older adults due to age-related factors such as lack of exercise and dietary fiber, and the use of medicines that can cause constipation as a side effect.

  Makes me think a lot of this is just another side effect. If you don’t exercise you tend to suffer from emotional issues* . Poor diet leads to “weird” feelings, and medicine goes without comment.

  *: Seriously, even just running up and down some stairs or lifting a rinky dink 5 pound weight goes a long way to keeping your body active and help balance out the various hormones

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• bannana@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  how tf can someone go 3 days w/o pooping? I’m taking steps after the first day.

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  • terminhell@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Real talk: Opioid abuse. I somehow never became addicted, but I did use them recreationally. I did have legitimate medical issues (gull stones, before surgery). But sometimes I just liked the high. With that said, opioids can cause delayed poops. Many other factors too, like dehydration, not enough fiber and GI conditions.

    But anyone that’s somehow purposely holding it that long should see a doctor, and counseling.

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• kokesh@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  That’s some rough shit

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• Pulptastic@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  When else are you gonna doomscroll

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