Squatty Potty: Legit or a Total Piece of Shit?
I shit you not (a little poop humor), this is an actual review of a device that supposedly helps you go to the bathroom (#2 to be exact). I’ve seen reviews of the product—some of which are from people in the fitness industry who I trust their opinion. However, after watching and reading reviews I had my doubts even though in theory what it was showing made sense. So what did I do? I asked for one which my wife surprised me with on Valentine’s Day (now that’s love). How can you not laugh at such a device? It’s funny. Laughter is the best form of medicine (unless you have diarrhea). But at the same time, the product is legit and below is why. Welcome to the Squatty Potty!
The Squatty Potty Is a Gamechanger for Going #2
If you are in the health/fitness industry then you know how important it is to stay regular with your bowel movements. If you make sure you’re taking in enough fiber in your diet you should have no issues in this department. But even if you’re “ok” with staying regular, this device can actually still be helpful. The Squatty Potty is light in weight, conveniently stores at the base of your toilet (fits all toilet sizes), and can be pulled out when use is desired.
Yes, there’s some hype about this product due to the media craze out there. Several media sources have jumped on board with this product such as The Dr. Oz Show, Men’s Health, The Washington Post, Howard Stern, The Doctors, The Huffington Post, and many more. While you might have even seen this product on ABC’s show Shark Tank, this is no gimmick. Everyone is touting that the Squatty Potty helps you go #2 will end up being #1 in your heart for how it can help you in the bathroom.
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So how does this stool-looking device help you eliminate waste out of your bum? Think of it as if you were back when cavemen roamed the earth. How did they go? You would picture them digging a hole and popping a squat right there to release the demons. It’s all about the position of your body during defecation—the anorectal angle to be exact. The cavemen had it right all along. And science actually backs it up. Below is a link to 3 medical case studies on why squatting is the healthiest way of taking care of your business on the throne.
Squatty Potty explains on their website, and this is 100% factual, that sitting posture actually kinks your colon. When sitting the puborectalis muscle itself creates a kink naturally that gives you the ability to “hold it all in”. So you are essentially fighting against your body to do your business when with a simple change of angle would help you eliminate everything with ease.
5 Problems That the Squatty Potty Helps Improve
There are five points that Squatty Potty points out that I would like to share because I feel they are extremely important to go over and consider.
1. Constipation
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) defines constipation as having fewer than three bowel movements per seven days. According to the NIH about four million Americans suffer from constipation.
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One of the biggest obstacles to your success may be not realizing you’re constipated in the first place. The bowel is the body’s main elimination organ, yet amongst many Americans today, this central elimination system is compromised, as evidenced by high rates of constipation. The National Institutes of Health estimates that 4-10 million Americans have chronic constipation (defined as having a bowel movement less than three times per week), and as many as 63 million people are suffering at any time from occasional constipation.
2. Hemorrhoids
Hemorrhoids are swollen and inflamed veins in your anus and lower rectum. When we’re standing or sitting the bend, called the anorectal angle, is kinked which puts upward pressure on the rectum and keeps the feces inside. The sitting posture actually keeps us in ‘continence mode’. We thank our lucky stars for this muscle when we don’t want to go but when we need to go, and sit on our toilet to do it — it sure makes elimination difficult and incomplete, creating the need to STRAIN.
By age 50, about half of adults have had to deal with the itching, discomfort and bleeding that can signal the presence of hemorrhoids. The veins around your anus tend to stretch under pressure and may bulge or swell. Swollen veins — hemorrhoids — can develop from an increase in pressure in the lower rectum. Squatty Potty is here to help!
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