An Expert Explains Why You Shouldn't Hold Back Your Poo

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An Expert Explains Why You Shouldn't Hold Back Your Poo
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How often should we poo? If you Google this question, you're likely to find an answer along the lines of three times a day to once every three days.

That's why the golden rule of gastroenterology is to always heed the 'call to stool' when the urge strikes.Back in the early 20th century, physiologists determined that a powerful stimulus to open your bowels was eating food and they referred to this as theBabies generally void their bowels when the need presents itself. However, as soon as we can make decisions for ourselves – around the same age we start to walk – we learn to suppress this 'call to stool'.

Learning to control one's bowels is an important developmental step, but some of us take it too far; we discover we can sometimes make this urge go away temporarily if we ignore it for a while because now doesn't seem like a convenient time.variable and unpredictable bowel habits

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