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Squat not

By Logjam
Created Aug 12 2005 - 12:52pm
Various articles on PoopReport have explored the question of whether squat-shits might be better for us than sit-shits. The theory is that squatting better orients the colon for doing its job [1]. This site has reviewed and even endorsed toilet platforms designed to help us drop turds from the proper squat position [2].

Well, hold onto that turd for a moment, squat ass. Doctors in Calcutta reported the results of a study at the World Congress of Neurology in London which
[3]indicate that squat-shits may increase the chances of a stroke [4].

The doctors started investigating when they realized they were seeing more stroke patients in the morning than any other time of day. Looking at records for a hundred stroke patients, they found just over a half the strokes were occurring between five and nine o'clock in the morning (this, of course, is primetime for shitting).

The Calcutta team also found that squatting, whether defecating or not, raises blood pressure. Based on these findings, they are suggesting that those with high blood pressure avoid squatting.

While their evidence seems pretty flimsy, I've been looking for a semi-solid justification I can give Dave of why I refuse to squat while shitting. Furthermore, I'll bet my bottom dollar that Dave ain't no squatter, despite the occasional advice he delivers to the rest of us.

Dave?

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