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Normal
Frequency
I
have literally traveled around the world in search
of what a normal bowel movement and bowel habit
should be like. Now how many people can say that?
I have
traveled from the remote jungles of CentraI America
to India, China, almost everywhere to discover
what is normal because I knew I wasn't going
to find normal in New York, California and not
even in Iowa. I wanted to see primitive people
living in rural non-industrialized areas, living
simple natural rural lives under very little stress,
getting moderate
amounts of exercise and eating simple natural
diets of locally foraged
food. These relaxed primitive people all seemed
to have one lowel movement within 20 to 30 minutes
after each major meal that they ate. They just
squat, it rapidly comes out within a minute, and
they are done. No library of magazines, no squeezing,
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straining,
grunting, meditation or prayer, it just came out
effortlessly. They seem to average between 2 and
4 bowel movements a day or 14 to 28 bowel movements
a week compared to the average Americans bowel
habit of 1 bowel movement every 3 to 5 days or
2 to 3 bowel movements a week.
I figured this puts the Average American about
70,000 bowel movements short in their lifetime!
Normal
Consistency
The
consistency of your bowel movements should be
soft and unformed like peanut butter or soft serve
frozen ice cream. Occassionally they can be a
bit chunky depending on what you ate and how well
you chewed it, but in any case they should NOT
be formed and they should be light in color. I
remember as a kid my dad only went once a wek
on Sundays. He would take the entire
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Sunday
paper in the bathroom and be in there for hours.
When he came out the room smelled like someone
died. I would then take my place at the throne
after him and squeeze hard for my once a week
bowel movement Eventually I would blast out some
small black balls as hard as granite. My dad would
come into the bathroom to wipe me, but my fecal
matter was so dry and hard there was nothing on
the toilet paper. I remember my dad remarking,
"Now that's a good poop, no wiping, like
it's wrapped in cellophane" and would leave
for a week thinking I did a good job.
Signs
of Constupation
It
you need a library in your bathroom, you know,
like a stack of magazines on the hamper, then
you are constipated. If you drink coffee, well
if you stop, you will also probably stop having
bowel movements too.
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