Discussion

How Long Poop Stays in Your Body May Impact Your Health, Study Finds

devolving-dev: I wonder what this means for GLP 1 drugs that slow digestion.

flossly: I did quite some experimenting with this.Fruit moves fastest and green leaves. Meat, cheese, oil and fats slowest.But we often eat combinations: and the slowest component of your food determines the speed of the whole.Also: it's a one lane road and "over taking" is not possible.So, eating a fast moving meal after a slow moving meal results in the fast mover getting stuck behind the slow mover.Hence I start my day without and slow food (only fruit, herbs, green leaves, spices, ginger => usually a smoothy); and end the day with slow food (oily food, nuts, seeds, beans; usually combined with green leaves as we need a lot green leaves).YMMV

x______________: Interesting.A great opportunity to add "YMMV"

altmanaltman: What do you mean, the human stomach is absolutely not a "one line road", your comments lacks the basic biological understanding. What you're describing is a good generic diet and maybe that's why it feels good but please learn a bit more about the stuff you are expetimenting on.

mrroryflint: There have been alternative (often mad) health proponents who have insisted upon only eating fruit in the morning for years - similar(ish) reasons. I think there is probably something to it.

lordgrenville: n=1But interesting nonetheless, thanks for sharing your findings.

cess11: https://gut.bmj.com/content/72/1/180The study. It basically says that this is something one perhaps should consider in clinical settings and that the speed of fecal matter might be a worthwhile direction for future inquiry."Altogether, a better understanding of the complex, bidirectional interactions between the gut microbiota and transit time is required to better understand gut microbiome variations in health and disease."It does not say 'this is a sign of health and that is not'.

flossly: I did not mention stomach. I meant the GI-tract as a whole.I've used food coloring and indigestibles (like corn kernels) to do experiments on whether meals can "overtake" or "merge" or "join" with other meals into poops.

flossly: Did it!

flossly: I have a small following of people how also saw improvements doing this.Then, I did not come up with this myself, but found a lot of anecdotals in this direction.And... I comment on a real science piece that seems to be making similar claims.

boring-human: I don't disagree with your findings, but here's the model I use:- Fiber: ^- Dairy: v- Coffee: ^^- NSAIDs: vv- Ice cream splurges: vvv

feverzsj: Eat lots of fibers and water, and you'll poop like a cow.

SideburnsOfDoom: I will add that from observation, two people on the same diet over long periods can have significantly different poop frequencies, and differing regularity. Consistently.YMMV. It's not just determined by the food intakes, there are individual factors.

Ballas: Your Movements May Vary?

jahller: that's the most insane thing i read today. kudos to your curiosity