How to Have the Perfect Poop
Today we’re gonna talk about how to have the perfect poop. So, this is gonna be yet another video in our digestion series. So, you might be wondering why would I even care about something like this, why would I even want to know about how to have the perfect poop.
Well, a lot of people are dealing with digestive issues these days. So, that might be one reason.
Another reason is that, how you’re pooping is a really good window into your overall health, because digestion, as we’ve explained in a previous video, is where you absorb all the good stuff, all your nutrients. It’s where you keep out all the bad stuff. So, poop is really important. And unfortunately, both when we’re growing up with our parents and school, this doesn’t really ever get explained to us, what things should be like.
Today I’m going to give you some tools for how to have the perfect poop or how to tell if you’re having the perfect poop.
Let’s talk about item number one, speed. So, you don’t want thing to be too fast and you don’t want them to be too slow, and I’ve seen a lot of misconceptions about this idea. So, I’ve had people come to me and they say, ‘Oh yeah, I’m pooping normally once every three days.’ That is not normal. If someone’s going seven times a day, that’s not normal either.
A normal spot in between those two is something like one to three times a day. Now, it’s gonna depend on how much you’re eating, and what your training’s like, and stress and all the rest of those things. But, that’s a good rubric. If someone is going number two every other day or every few days, or every week, I’ve seen people like that, that is not good. And if they’re going too frequently, that’s not good either.
In the too frequent case, the issue is you’re not absorbing your nutrients. Things aren’t staying in long enough to be absorbed. And then in the too slow case, it’s that toxins are being built up and not being excreted properly. So, you want to have that happy medium between the two.
What about consistency? So, again, we don’t typically like to talk about this stuff, but it is a good window into your health. So, you don’t want to see undigested food particles in your stool, that is not a good thing. That’s a sign that you’re not digesting things properly.
If you look up online, there’s a thing called the Bristol stool chart, that goes all the way from kind of hard and clumpy to very watery, and it kind of gives you a sense of what the best poop would look like. But basically, it should be such that it’s formed, there isn’t undigested food particles in it and it basically should be something where you feel like it’s easy to pass, but not too quick.
In terms of actual feel when you’re going, it shouldn’t be something that is ridiculously difficult to pass, but it also shouldn’t be something that just falls out of your body.
Color, it shouldn’t be black. If it’s black, go to a local hospital. It shouldn’t be green. If it’s a one-off where it’s one of these colors, orange or yellow or something like that, then it’s probably just a one-off. But consistently, if it’s looking like that, you know, shouldn’t be blood in your stool. If those things are happening, you definitely want to go get that checked out by a doctor.
In general, here are the rules. One to three times a day. Color should be brown. You shouldn’t see undigested food particles in there. You shouldn’t feel like it’s ridiculously difficult to go, but it also shouldn’t feel like it’s super easy. And basically, it should be something that’s happening on a fairly frequent basis, so that you’re eliminating toxins, and so you’re absorbing the nutrients the way you should and things aren’t passing out too fast.
All right, guys. Thanks, so much, for tuning in. We’ll see you next time.
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