Originally Posted by Barkoff
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Our health care system is spending billions of dollars annually to address the fact that most women have lousy dietary and bowel habits, and don't have a clue about how to deal with their own schitt.


What the hell is a "bowel habit"?


Quite simply, how often and how well folks poop. A healthy bowel habit is considered to be one soft, well-formed stool at least once every 2-3 days, and preferably daily or twice daily. Folks who poop thusly have MUCH lower incidence of bowel problems including diverticular disease, immune-mediated bowel disease, and colorectal CA.

Cause of bad bowel habit is almost always lousy diet with inadequate intake of fiber and water, although heredity does play some role.


"I'm gonna have to science the schit out of this." Mark Watney, Sol 59, Mars