What position is the best to sit on the toilet?

Mathematics is a science that is in all things. Even in the bathroom! Did you know that the angle created by your rectum when sitting on the toilet can affect your health? That’s right: there are right and wrong positions to do “number 2”!

In this post, the awesome.club delves into the geometry of using the bathroom. The goal is to find out the ideal posture to adopt when pooping. Read to the end and be sure to check out a bonus that shows how feces and happiness are related.

According to this study, squatting is the best option for pooping. However, Westerners tend to find the position strange, as the toilets are designed for the person to be seated, slightly leaning forward.

Depending on the angle used, leaning your body forward may not be the best option. The ideal, whether sitting or not, is that the intestine is in the correct position. If you’re one of those people who bend over, do this until your elbows touch your knees. Thus, it is possible to cause the same effect as the squatting position.

If we are going to follow the tips of this study, according to which squatting is the best position for “number 2”, adopting the sitting posture and leaning back is totally contraindicated. In this case, the angle created by the puborectalis muscle and the rectum ends up being more demanding, making the body have to work harder.

This is definitely not the most comfortable way to go to the bathroom. On the one hand, this position prevents us from leaning the body forward and achieving the same effect as the squatting posture, as recommended by Giulia Enders, author of a book whose title can be translated as “Charming Intestine”. In addition, such an impractical position can end up forcing you to stay in the bathroom longer or force a bowel movement, which is also not healthy.

If squatting in a western toilet is challenging enough, adopting the backward squatting posture takes everything to a whole new level. However, the effect on the body is the same, as a less acute angle is created. But this stance brings up another issue: the aim…

The correct position when sitting on the toilet is important as it allows for easier passage of stool. And recently, researchers from Belgium demonstrated that gut microbes can affect our nervous system, with the potential to alter our mood. The connection between mental health and bacteria is still unclear, but it seems to be true that an imbalance of gut bacteria, possibly stemming from an inappropriate toilet position, can cause chronic disorders.

Do you know other consequences of adopting an incorrect posture when sitting on the toilet? Have you ever experienced this kind of problem on your skin? Leave shyness aside and comment! Your experience can prevent the same from happening to other people!