Optimal Evacuation

Adding fiber to the diet can enable constipated patients to poop effortlessly without having to squat over some hole in the ground. So, maybe if we just change the design of our diets, we don't have to change the design of our plumbing.

The majority of rural Africans eating their traditional fiber-rich, plant-based diets can usually pass, without straining, a stool specimen on demand.

It wasn't until 2010 when we got the first serious look, defining normal stool frequency as between 3 per week and 3 per day based on the fact that that's where 98% of people tend to fall.

Constipation accounts for 3 million annual visits to doctors in the United States and 800,000 emergency room visits.

Common causes of chronic constipation include lack of adequate whole plant foods or insufficient water intake.