How many times a day do you normally poop?

With the improvement of modern society, people's diet is also improving. Now there are many office workers who sit for long periods of time and often do not move after eating, which leads to constipation. Some people choose to hold back their bowel movements due to their busy work. If this continues for a long time, the toxins in the stool will spread throughout the body. So how many bowel movements a day are normal? Let us take a look at it below;

Wu Yongzhi, a doctor of natural medicine and nutrition in the United States, announced his health secrets, one of which is: maintain three bowel movements a day. If you only have one bowel movement, you are considered constipated. Mr. Wu believes that when we eat three meals a day, it is best to have three bowel movements, with two bowel movements before twelve o'clock. Another time can be in the afternoon or before bed. If you can maintain three to four bowel movements a day, it can not only eliminate the old stool in the body, but also ensure that the cooking oil and fat you eat are not recycled into the liver, thereby reducing the burden on the liver. Clean out your colon instead of turning it into a garbage dump or cesspool where waste accumulates. How many times a day is normal to have a bowel movement? If, as Mr. Wu said, only one bowel movement is considered constipation, it is estimated that more than 90% of urban people are constipated. But isn't 3-4 bowel movements a bit too much? Experts believe that, generally speaking, it is ideal to maintain a regular bowel movement once a day. In terms of time, 24 hours a day is a time rhythm cycle for the human body. Developing the habit of regular bowel movements every day will make defecation a cyclical and rhythmic function of the body, making defecation easy and natural to complete without becoming a burden to people. "Of course, some people defecate 3-4 times a day. If there is no abdominal pain and abnormal stool composition, it can be regarded as a normal phenomenon." Li Chujun said that one bowel movement a day is enough to eliminate intestinal waste, and there is no need to artificially increase the number of bowel movements to 3-4 times. Because for those who have not developed the habit of defecating 3-4 times a day, the body does not have the physiological defecation reflex, so they often have no desire to defecate, defecation becomes a burden, and constipation may become increasingly severe.

Normal stool 6 standards

To “diagnose disease by looking at stool”, we must first understand what kind of stool is normal and healthy.

Properties: Soft stool in strips without stickiness. Healthy stools are mostly soft and strip-shaped. They do not stick to the toilet bowl, float on the water surface, and can be flushed clean with water. It is also normal to have mushy stools without any dry lumps. When food is high in protein, the stool will be hard and clay-like; when food is high in carbohydrates, the stool will be soft or mushy.

Color: Yellow or tan. Normal stool is yellow or brown. When you consume dairy products, your stool is mostly light yellow; when you eat more green vegetables, your stool will be green; when you eat more meat, your stool will be brown-yellow; when you eat pig blood, pig liver, or take certain Chinese medicines, your stool will be black.

Odor: Slightly smelly. Due to the decomposition of bacteria and other substances, normal feces have a slightly smelly smell. The smell will be stronger for people who love meat, while it will be lighter for vegetarians. If the stench is unbearable, there may be a health problem. A pungent, sour smell or a burnt smell may be caused by indigestion; a fishy smell may mean gastrointestinal bleeding.

Quantity: One piece is about 100 grams. Healthy stools are mostly in the shape of bananas, each about 10 to 15 cm long and weighing about 100 grams, with 2 to 3 stools excreted each time. The amount of bowel movements may change due to food intake, food type, etc. For example, if you consume more dietary fiber, the amount of bowel movements will increase.

Frequency and habit: Once a day, best for bowel movements in the morning. The frequency and habits of bowel movements vary from person to person, with most people defecating once a day in the morning. Generally speaking, if there is no difficulty in defecation or other discomfort, defecation once 1 to 3 days is not considered constipation, and defecation no more than 3 times a day is not considered diarrhea.

Sensation of defecation: Defecation occurs within 5 minutes without any residual stool. Normal "smooth bowel movement" is when the stool can be discharged naturally and smoothly within 1 to 2 minutes, and the whole time does not exceed 5 minutes. After defecation, you feel relaxed and have no residual urge to defecate.

The above article introduces the topic of how many times a day is normal to have bowel movements. I hope this article is helpful to everyone. I also hope that everyone will not choose to hold back their bowel movements due to busyness in daily life. Otherwise, toxins will remain in the body and the body will not be able to relax. I also hope that everyone can eat more vegetables to reduce the occurrence of constipation.