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- Posted: Sat, 04 Jul 2009 21:17:08 +0000
yes, i am serious.
for the past few months i have been doing a lot of research on a healthy diet and all that stuff. well, i have found that one of the main indicators of a healthy person is regular bowel movements (makes sense). i have read from several different sources that a healthy person should poop every day, even better if they do it twice a day (usually once when you wake up, and then again towards the middle or end of the day). the poop should be easy to pass (meaning you are finished within a couple minutes of sitting on the toilet), and should be "plump" and "torpedo shaped."
a healthy diet would be made of a lot of fiber, which you would get from eating a lot of fruits and vegetables, whole grains, minimal meat and when you do eat meat, it should usually be lean meat like fish or chicken, and minimal greasy/sugary foods. americans get too much fat and protein in their diets and this can be fixed by keeping the consumption of animal protein to a minimum (it is healthier to get only some from animals, the rest from other foods).
according to what i've read, a person who eats like this should poop every day, and when they poop it should be a large bowel movement.
BUT, i was reading about the "raw" diet for dogs, which is where instead of feeding your dog processed dog food, you feed them raw meat, which is what they were designed to eat. it makes them overall more healthy, and i won't expand on this much more since it is not the point of my thread but only helping to prove the point, but if you feed the dog raw meat it uses more of the nutrients in its food, therefore producing lest waste. which means smaller, less smelly and less often pooping from your dog, which obviously would make anyone happier.
here is the site that i was reading this on, feel free to do more research if you wish: http://www.krisannriorawfeeding.com/index.htm
well, i'm assuming that our bodies are meant to use as much nutrients as possible from our food, just as a dog's body would. that's... obvious. so, if we are eating the highest possible nutrition diet as we can, shouldn't we create less waste, because shouldn't our bodies actuall USE more of the food we eat rather than discarding it?
i don't see this being a very popular topic since most people don't really give a s**t (lol) about what they eat or how much they poop. but you'd be surprised what you do to your body by not eating right!
EDIT: MY QUESTION FOR YOU IS: How often do you poop?
I only go every few days... which is really bad but i'm not sure why i'm like that! I have been eating healthier and eating more fiber for the past few months and i have seen a little bit of a change but it didn't really continue to be like that.
i also work at jamba juice and i have taken the "fiber boost" a lot but idk if it really does anything. i stopped taking it because i'd rather get fiber from my food. i also took wheat grass shots but i stopped because i think it made me feel sick once lol.
for the past few months i have been doing a lot of research on a healthy diet and all that stuff. well, i have found that one of the main indicators of a healthy person is regular bowel movements (makes sense). i have read from several different sources that a healthy person should poop every day, even better if they do it twice a day (usually once when you wake up, and then again towards the middle or end of the day). the poop should be easy to pass (meaning you are finished within a couple minutes of sitting on the toilet), and should be "plump" and "torpedo shaped."
a healthy diet would be made of a lot of fiber, which you would get from eating a lot of fruits and vegetables, whole grains, minimal meat and when you do eat meat, it should usually be lean meat like fish or chicken, and minimal greasy/sugary foods. americans get too much fat and protein in their diets and this can be fixed by keeping the consumption of animal protein to a minimum (it is healthier to get only some from animals, the rest from other foods).
according to what i've read, a person who eats like this should poop every day, and when they poop it should be a large bowel movement.
BUT, i was reading about the "raw" diet for dogs, which is where instead of feeding your dog processed dog food, you feed them raw meat, which is what they were designed to eat. it makes them overall more healthy, and i won't expand on this much more since it is not the point of my thread but only helping to prove the point, but if you feed the dog raw meat it uses more of the nutrients in its food, therefore producing lest waste. which means smaller, less smelly and less often pooping from your dog, which obviously would make anyone happier.
here is the site that i was reading this on, feel free to do more research if you wish: http://www.krisannriorawfeeding.com/index.htm
well, i'm assuming that our bodies are meant to use as much nutrients as possible from our food, just as a dog's body would. that's... obvious. so, if we are eating the highest possible nutrition diet as we can, shouldn't we create less waste, because shouldn't our bodies actuall USE more of the food we eat rather than discarding it?
i don't see this being a very popular topic since most people don't really give a s**t (lol) about what they eat or how much they poop. but you'd be surprised what you do to your body by not eating right!
EDIT: MY QUESTION FOR YOU IS: How often do you poop?
I only go every few days... which is really bad but i'm not sure why i'm like that! I have been eating healthier and eating more fiber for the past few months and i have seen a little bit of a change but it didn't really continue to be like that.
i also work at jamba juice and i have taken the "fiber boost" a lot but idk if it really does anything. i stopped taking it because i'd rather get fiber from my food. i also took wheat grass shots but i stopped because i think it made me feel sick once lol.
