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Written By: Editorial Team | Updated : May 20, 2015 1:17 PM IST
Today most of us use a sitting or western style toilet. But this method that has now become the most normal way to pass motions is harming you more than you know. Experts have examined that sitting down on the pot to poo is completely wrong and people should rather squat to shit daily. Consider this - As a fetus and even as a baby, children tend to naturally sit in the squatting position. This is the natural way our body was designed to help us pass motion.
Giulia Enders, who is studying microbiology in Germany, believes people should squat rather than sit when going to the toilet as squatting puts less strain on our behinds, the Daily Star reported. She explained that 1.2 billion people around the world who squat have almost no incidence of diverticulosis and fewer problems with piles. Read: Tom Cruise s beauty secret Nightingale poop!
Enders also suggests that it is important to find a safe and secure place to poo as part of the sphincter can cease to function correctly if one is afraid of being discovered. Read: Why your poop smells worse than normal
Source: ANI
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