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[Dixon]

http://www.naturesplatform.com/health_benefits.html

(Discussion please)

On top of this, I'd like to personally add that the whole idea of chaired sitting is basically a modern invention which contributes to our poor posture and back problems. Not just while pooping, but all day. If you look at how most of the world traditionally ate their meals (squatted down on their feet with a bowl in their hands, or cross legged at a table) they had a position that naturally kept their backs straight. People naturally stood up or walked most of the day, and laid down to rest. When they did sit, in most cultures it was unchaired, contributing to good posture.

[mattwhy]

This is a weird topic in which to make my first post, but I've been hearing a ton of people getting behind this squat movement lately , especially in regards to reducing the frequency of hemorrhoids. Another thing you can do is to avoid reading in the bathroom, or spend as little time sitting as possible.

Personally, I have spent a ton of time in Morocco, where squat toilets are the only option, for the most part in most of the medinas. Although it may be more of an indictment about Moroccan waste management than anything, I found those toilets to be dirty, smelly, and hardly conducive to laying on while vomiting your brains out. Plus, you have to put on shoes every time you wanna go.

Pretty interesting to think about though.

[air76]

Yes, chairs are a modern invention that should be avoided. Just like antibiotics, gore-tex, and any device which takes advantage of the wheel.

It drives me crazy when people argue that life used to be so much healthier and better for us...you know, back when half the population didn't reach puberty and the other half was dead by 50.

I'll take the chemicals in my cola and hormones in my meat and be able to go to a sanitized hospital when I've got a tummy ache. I'll even sit on the chair in the lobby instead of squatting outside the door in the cold.

[Rusty Shackleford]

[bassexpander]

My knees would give out from the Korean style toilets long before any back problems from a sit-down toilet!

[BoholDiver]

I was thinking that too.

[hellofaniceguy]

[Dixon]

[Dixon]

[pkang0202]

There are those days when you have stabbing pains in your intestines. The stomach cramps, etc... For those days, you really need to sit down on a toilet, grab something sturdy, and let er rip.

I can't imagine being in pain, squatting, trying to concentrate on keeping my balance and trying to do #2.

[flakfizer]

[Dixon]

Okay, hopefully the thread does not go in that direction but instead discusses the point of the article or at least something to do with squatting toilets.

[jvalmer]

[mattwhy]

It should be noted that this website is also an advertisement for some silly device you attach to your normal, western-style toilet so you can squat over it. Try explaining that to your american girlfriend.

[redaxe]

This explains why you often see shoe-prints on the toilet seats in China.

As for me, I wear a suit and tie to work. It's incredibly uncomfortable and inconvenient to use a squatter toilet when you're wearing a suit. Especially if you've got the runs from drinking too much somaek with your coworkers.