Re: floaters vs sinkers Now: Poo Poll

October 8, 2003

Well, most of my life, I would have a bowel movement once per day,

sometimes twice. Never thought I was constipated....but I really

was. For the past 2 years, I've eaten an NT diet with at least 75%

raw food and I've had 2-4 bowel movements EVERY SINGLE DAY without

fail. And my transit time has been as low as 12 hours. So, for me

the raw food and high enzyme content was the key. I eat very small

amounts of well fermented grains too. There is practically no odor

also. My digestion improved dramatically eating this way also.

Becky

--- In , " filikara " <filippa91@y...>

wrote:

> I'd like to know that too. Mostly what I've read is that they

should

> be long smooth fat bananas, fully digested, walnut brown. They

> shouldn't soil your anus. They should float and slowly sink.

>

> Sorry for all the graphic details but one can get a bit obsessive

> about one's stools! The only study I ever see quoted about bowel

> movements in traditional societies is that one mentioned on WAPF

> site about the African tribe (ask doctor/constipation). They had

> BMs average 3 times a day. Anyone know of any other studies? All

> the bowel cleansing/natural therapy stuff says ideally 2 ~ 4 times

a

> day: once after you get up, and once after each meal with a 24 hour

> transit time (ie. you shit yesterday's breakfast after eating

> today's breakfast). Maybe this is an unattainable goal. So,

let's

> do a poll. How often do your bowels move? Do they sink or float?

> What do they look like? Smell? ;-)

>

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