Originally Posted by ironbender
Originally Posted by DocRocket
Originally Posted by Barkoff
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.

Not to mention a sunnier outlook on life.


Damn straight! I tend to be a happy and frequent pooper, but when I get an occasional bout of bunged-up-itis (usually due to eating too much hospital food, yecchhh!!) I feel miserable. I dunno how people go around like that, but I know there's tons of folks who are ALWAYS constipated. Misery!

Originally Posted by ironbender
I think there are constipated posters here. wink


I have no doubt of it!


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