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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsGet on the SQUAT team!
"Our ancestors did it. People in Asia, Africa, and some parts of Europe still do it. So how did we Westerners end up deviating from the best way to go No. 2?
"Blame it on toilets as we know them. Thrones, they have been called. Turns out we should squat, not sit.
"In a 2003 study, 28 healthy people volunteered to time themselves doing their business in three alternate positions: sitting on a standard toilet, sitting on a low toilet, and squatting. They not only recorded how long it took them, but also how much effort it took. Squatting, the study concluded, takes less time and effort."
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Get on the SQUAT team! (Original Post)
Fridays Child
Sep 2014
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jakeXT
(10,575 posts)1. I feel like everybody can improvise with stuff around the bathroom
Crewleader
(17,005 posts)2. Big Results With Little Stool
Fridays Child
(23,998 posts)3. Crew!!!
Crewleader
(17,005 posts)4. Right back at YA!