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

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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 it or not, also jail

I tried to upvote your comment twice... I'm stupid maybe I don't poop enough

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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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 2-3 times every day. If you aren't that regular, you may need to eat more beans & grains and less processed foods & meats

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Citation needed, pretty sure this is long outdated.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.

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

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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

CORRECTION: Ideal pooping frequency is actually 2-3 times a day, not 1 time a day, I was originally wrong https://nutritionfacts.org/video/flashback-friday-how-many-bowel-movements-should-you-have-should-you-sit-lean-or-squat/

Normal frequency is between 3 per day to 3 per week, but normal doesn't necessarily mean healthy. Populations eating high enough fiber diets to reach that 2-3 times a day number have 1/50th the rate of heart disease, gallstones, and appendicitis, 1/25th the rate of diverticulitis, hemorrhoids, varicose veins, and hiatal hernia, and 1/10th the rate of colon cancer

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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

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?

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.

I poop once a year but it takes all year. How do we classify that?

At the very least that's classified as pooping every day.

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

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

If a genie ever gives me three wishes, one of them will be that I never have to use the bathroom again. I hate every second of it. Maybe the cognitive decline is worth avoiding pooping so often.

Born to shit, forced to wipe

Don't let them tell you what to do brother

I must be a genius because I'm three times a day. I need to stick to my FODMAP diet

Don't forget about imodium - you can take up to 4 a day (if needed) long term. And finding good substitutes is better than outright depriving yourself of the things you enjoy.

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.

What about pooping 3x a day?

Linked to cognitive IMPROVEMENT, research finds (probably)

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

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

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.

Seriously. One full day and I feel like someone attached a balloon to my spleen and is filling it with lead shot. I am noticably uncomfortable to the point of it being distracting. I can't even imagine someone living 2/3 of their life like that.