Does your poop sink or float ?

[Guest guest]

All right I know this is gross , but.......I have heard that if your

poop floats there is a lot of fat in it, that we should all aim for

sinkers ......has anyone else heard of this ?

[Guest guest]

ummmm....no, I have never heard of this.

amy

Does your poop sink or float ?

> All right I know this is gross , but.......I have heard that if your

> poop floats there is a lot of fat in it, that we should all aim for

> sinkers ......has anyone else heard of this ?

>

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[Guest guest]

Wow I am impressed....where in the world did you find

this.........I was told that with a colostomy my poop

would never float.....but it does.....

--- Judy P <ygroupsjp@...> wrote:

> WHAT MAKES POOP FLOAT?

> Surprisingly, not what you might think.

> Conventional medical wisdom attributes Floaters to

> the amount of fat in your poop. While this IS true

> for certain diseases (cystic fibrosis, celiac

> disease, biliary atresia, abetalipoprotenimia and a

> few other weird sounding illnesses), it is NOT true

> for your run-of-the-mill healthy person.

> Vegetarians would have you believe that the

> " perfect " stool (that is, one uncontaminated by the

> consumption of animal parts) is the Floater. Many

> vegetarians have spent their entire lives in the

> quest to produce perfection -- when in fact no

> particular diet can reliably produce Floaters. The

> vast majority of us bring forth Sinkers.

> Sinkers really need a good P.R. person -- they have

> gotten a bad rap over the ages. Sure, Floaters are

> cute and all, but a good solid Sinker will never let

> you down.

> BACK TO WHAT MAKES POOP FLOAT...

> Actually, it is gas that does it. Increased levels

> of air and gas in the poop make it less dense, and

> cause it to float. Simple as that. Dietary changes

> can lead to an increase in the amount of gas

> produced by the bacteria that live in the gut, which

> is probably what the vegetarians are basing their

> whole " perfect stool " theory on. I don't know -- the

> whole time I was vegan I never consistently produced

> Floaters.

> Then, after a couple of years, I grew disenchanted

> and yearned for a hamburger. And that was the end of

> Poonurse the Vegetarian.

> WHY DOES IT MATTER?

> Well, I'm a little unclear on that. It must matter

> greatly to a lot of people, or else they wouldn't

> take so much time to write to me about it. I guess

> it could matter if you are worried that you are sick

> or something.

> If you have diarrheal-esque Floaters for more than

> two weeks, you may have a malabsorption problem -- a

> dysfunction of the GI tract that affects the body's

> ability to digest and absorb fat. Acute

> gastrointestinal infections can also result in

> increased gas content in the intestines, due to

> rapid movement of stool through the GI tract.

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Just did a google search. Here's the link...

http://www.poopreport.com/node/392/print

Wow I am impressed....where in the world did you find this?

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