My elementary school teacher told us once that Americans only poop once a week. The climate is colder in North America, so their intestines pack the poop together very densely such that they only need to poop once a week. She said you’d be sent to the doctor if you poop daily in America.
Is this true?
That’s silly. North America is huge. In the US South, it’s very common for people to poop every day. In fact, you usually wouldn’t even talk to a doctor about it. But as you get to the northern states and into Canada, it’s so cold that people don’t poop at all!
So the 1 day thing is probably just someone averaging out the numbers.
Pooping Georg, who lives in a cave and poops 10,000 times a day, is an outlier adn should not be counted
Georg washes out the canyons and floods the plains with nutrients. He single handedly sustains a nation. How dare you.
They say when Pooping Georg eats borscht, the rivers run red. Some have taken this to mean that Pooping Georg is dying (and thus our fertile soil) however, it’s just beets.
Thoughts and prayers for Georg
He’s fine, it’s a lifestyle thing for Georg
And the president who shits every time he draws breath.
Indeed, I have never pooped in my life because i’m above the 45th parrallel
That has to be the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard. I’m veggie, if I don’t poop every day there’s a fucking problem.
I just accepted it as a simple fact didnt think about it anymore lol
I wonder why she told us that.
One of the delights of being a schoolteacher I guess. Just make stuff up and watch em go.
That’s a horrible abuse of power…
Once during a high school history lesson on a quite debate-inducing topic my teacher just shut me down with “I’m a PhD in history”.
For ~15 years I thought my history teacher was PhD until quite recently discovering it was a lie. 🗿
Maybe she was saying we’re near-constantly full of shit. And that’s a big collective touché, honestly
I eat enough fiber if I don’t go multiple times a day I could literally explode
Your teacher is a fuckin moron.
Chill lol
Its not that serious. She was a great teacher. Although a little weird.
I am chill.
Agreed. This one incident is not that serious but I do wonder what other stupid things she believes as fact and then passes along to her students.
She was a good person.
Maybe she just got this from somewhere and believed it. You cant call people morons for being ignorant. She wasnt a moron.
A teacher should verify such facts before passing them to students.
You’re defending her because you also believed it. It’s okay to be a moron
Im defending her because she was a person i knew for many years and i loved her. Maybe youre not the type of person who has feelings like that towards other people. If im right, seek a therapist.
I love plenty of morons. I don’t have a choice, since I’m American. You can love someone and also recognize that they’re a moron, and shouldn’t be telling students absurd unverified facts. You can do both
Moron means a stupid person. But she was not overall stupid. People are ignorant on some matters and smart on others. So calling her a moron is not right. She was very fluent in english. She was very good at it.
This is sorta funny cuz her favorite word to call her students was also morons.
Kinda sounds like she was though.
I’ve often thought how silly, ignorant and undereducated one would need to be to believe that people from other countries are somehow completely physically different from you? Like WWI style propaganda. I understand uneducated farmers at the turn of the 19th century believing in things like that, because they don’t have any way to verify or look at anything from other countries.
You and your teacher both had the internet. And are actively on it.
You should know better.
Wow, so people are morons for being ignorant just because they have access to the internet.
Internet access makes no one smarter. She probably got it from somewhere and didnt bother to enquire more.
Not “just because”, that’s a strawman.
There are several things.
They’re a teacher. Who has access to the internet. What’s their excuse for not just being ignorant in a time and place where they don’t need to (laziness, lack of intellectual curiosity or being bad at their job?), but also confidently teaching that to others, and not only others, but specifically children in a school, a place where they’d expect to hear actually learned information and not some random ignorance?
Internet access makes no one smarter.
Yeah that’s about as true as “it’s so cold in America they only poop weekly”
Internet, when given to someone who’s curiosity has been fostered, does indeed make them smarter. And you can see the difference in educational performance from kids who lack internet access, and it’s consistently lower than kids from households with the internet.
She probably got it from somewhere and didnt bother to enquire more.
Yeah, exactly, a moron, that’s what we said…?
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Your teacher is either fucking with you or shouldn’t be allowed to teach.
Por que no los dos? 🤣
Bowel movements vary by person. From 3 times a day down to once every 3 days. Less than once every 3 days is considered concerning medically, but not necessarily a problem.
Your teacher was the one full of shit.
Thank you. I feel like addressing the pure science of this is important. Not only do Americans poop, every cultures on the planet poops the same way (more or less). We are the same! Break down borders! Anarchy! Shit everywhere! No. Literally, visit an American truck stop. SHIT EVERYWHERE!
Thought this was c/shittyasklemmy. It’s not, so here’s an earnest response. I’m from the US, but have spent a bunch of time living outside of the country. Every guy I know usually poops daily, but a lot of women only poop every couple of days. It doesn’t have anything to do with the cold.
Fun somewhat related story time. I once had a colleague travel to the US from South East Asia. He went to our boss a few days into the trip and said he needed to go to the hospital. My boss eventually convinced him to explain the problem. His poop was a solid mass instead of liquid. Dude had never had solid shit before. It’s possible an anecdote like this is what gave your teacher that idea.
It’s possible an anecdote like this is what gave your teacher that idea.
Maybe.
But I also remember that she was a little xenophobic. Maybe she just made that up on the spot lol
Every guy I know usually poops daily, but a lot of women only poop every couple of days.
How did you acquire this data?
Simple. He asks women if they’ve pooped today and they reply “Of course not!”
It’s foolproof.
c/shittyasklemmy
Thanks
Poppycock! My wife lays out a massive deuce every morning like clockwork.
wait, women poop? I HAVE BEEN LIED TO!
Apparently not very much lmao
the SAD is very lacking in fiber, not at all surprised
Americans are trained from childhood to shit only once a week so it takes away less of their work time.
This starts in school where you need a signed permit to go shit, and continues in the work place where shitting during work hours can get you in trouble.
Shitting frequency is monitored through comically wide gaps in the bathroom stalls.
Once you see the pattern, it becomes obvious, doesn’t it?
I can’t say I agree with you, but I can absolutely see how the data can be interpreted that way, and I’m not sure you’re wrong, either.
Only families that can’t afford a poop knife.
Tf is that
Old reddit reference.
American here, I’ve shit three times today alone
That’s sad. I always try to shit with someone. Sometimes you just need to be held.
I’m here for you
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Thank you for your service!
Are you still in elementary school? If not, you can’t possibly still believe this
If not, you can’t possibly still believe this
I did until now lol.
I’m busy with other things. I cant give much thought to how many times people in a foreign country poop.
Yet you posted this and didn’t stop to think about it?
No? Why would I? And what conclusion can I come to by thinking? Ive never been to NA anyways. Sometimes its ok to be ignorant of stuff
Ah ok you’re a troll. Got it.
Is this ragebait?
You are rage baiting 😂
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Checks out lol
Wdym? Isnt this a nice instance?
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Ah, is this about that six seven shit?
The climate is colder in North America
Compared to where, exactly? Mogadishu? Hammerfest? Because North America can be hotter and colder than both of those. Also not sure how it affects pooping.
Bro, the one time I went to Mogadishu I was pooping left and right, several times a day.
Someone gave me a funny look and there I went again, pooping like I was getting paid for it!!
Poop tourism.
Yeah that bit alone shows that teacher lacks basic reasoning skills. Are we talking about Arizona or Alaska? C’mon.
Mogadishu came so out of left field that I read this in hbomberman’s voice lol
What the fuck am I reading
Lol
The average is 7.1 times a week. Clinically average can range from 3x a day to once every 3 days. What’s important is how well they’re formed. Such as the Bristol stool scale - you want something in the middle.
I’ve always found scatology interesting. If you have anymore questions, feel free to let uhm rip.
feel free to let uhm rip.
Don’t mind if i do. FART
I’ve heard some fascinating propaganda about Americans, but this is new. What about the colder parts of Europe or Asia? Why only North America? Does this only occur above a certain latitude? If you move from a warmer climate to a cooler climate, does your body naturally adapt and how long does it take? With global warming, will everyone suddenly start shitting more and think they’re dying? The sewage systems will explode because they won’t be able to adapt to millions of people suddenly shitting daily instead of weekly.
Finn here. Never pooped a day in my life. I thought it was a myth, like the tooth fairy, or Summer.
Actually, the high-fat low-protein diet of the average american makes it so everyone only has constant diarrhea. There’s always complaints about going into the bathroom during working hours because of the smell and the constant need to evacuate all the fat
The average American diet is excessive in protein, very slightly above recommendations regarding total fat(most aren’t getting enough DHA and EPA, though), refined carbs are also excessive, and fiber is typically lacking along with complex carbs.
Most people should be fine adjusting to a high fat diet if they allow enough time for their body to get used to producing the bile necessary for digestion (this takes many months, typically.) But most people don’t enjoy such a diet and a good third will do very poorly from lack of bile/indigestion (some people just have genetically poor fat digestion. Sometimes linked to low bile that doesn’t respond to diet.)
If people had chronic diarrhea like you suggest they would likely suffer from severe dehydration and that could eventually become life-threatening.
I have no clue what I am talking about, this is just shitposting
Literally lmao
I question the excessive claim. Examine does a great breakdown of recommendations based on multiple studies and regulatory bodies. Sedentary adults should be taking in 1.2g/kg (https://examine.com/guides/protein-intake/#k6Hq-how-much-protein-do-you-need-per-day).
Whereas this 2021 US study finds males are consuming ~96g and females ~69g per day (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK589212/).
This would place the average weight of individuals at 80kg for males and 57.5kg for females under optimal protein intakes (176lbs and 151lbs respectively).
But I’m not convinced the average american weighs so little. This seems to be backed by the CDC (https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/body-measurements.htm).
So this would actually indicate they’re taking in less protein than required, not an excess.
The WHO(and basically the global consensus) minimum suggestion is 0.8 g/kg(so 96g for a 120kg male, while the statistically average 90kg male eats 96g/day instead of only 72g). They further suggest 1.2-1.6 g/kg is the optimal range for recreationally active people. This is beyond biological “requirements.” Also, 0.8 g/kg is still a conservative value that’s probably greater than most under 40s actually need, however tracer studies have suggested 0.9-1.0 g/kg on average(which considers factors beyond MPS) and even more for elderly.
That actually explains a lot. I’ve paradoxically noticed that the more fat I incorporate into my diet (when coupled with protein), the more my metabolism speeds up. Like I can see a noticeable difference on my waistline the following week and be like “I don’t get it… I gorged myself on butter and hummus last week lol”
Must have a lotta bile 🧪
is there a way to test what “type” of stomach/digestion you have, and how to fix whatever way yours is fucked up?
have heard a number of antetodes about as gut flora essentially controls every aspect of your overall health/energy day to day
Elimination diet starting with low fodmap foods. Keep a food journal as well. Very effective when paired with an exercise routine as you’ll get a good idea of what foods are bogging you down vs finding ‘clean’ foods.
Developing stamina and endurance with routine cardio is probably the best thing for day to day energy levels. I suggest trying for a solid hour of sustained cardio, whether that’s walking, cycling, running, rowing, or gym equipment like a cross trainer… And remember all it takes is a week off to start losing stamina, so it really needs commitment and consistency.
Just in general digestive-wise, you may benefit from a postprandial walk. Sometimes called a fart walk. XD
