Listen up, it is all about poop! I am always asking my patients about their digestive processes because it really it is all about how your body is functioning overall. To my patient's surprise, within a couple of treatments and sometimes a few supplements they feel amazingly better ... and for the first time in a long time they are happy poopers.
This may seem silly, but everyone needs to read this blog a couple of times and pass it on to your closest friends. Whatever you do, DO NOT keep this information a secret! You could save them a lot of pain and heartache when it comes right down to it. Let's face it, when you aren't pooping, you aren't happy!
So let's break this down a bit... when you have pain, infection, inflammation, or any dysfunctional symptom/signal from your body, please pay attention to your digestion. I bet you didn't know that if you have a dysfunctional digestive system you will have very unhappy sinuses -- and you probably aren't sleeping well either. Our bodies are whole beings and everything is connected. I cannot tell you how many of my patients have less pain (in the low back, neck, knee, etc) after I help them get their digestive system in order. It literally is your 2nd brain.
The British take their stools much more seriously than the Americans. Researchers at the Bristol Royal Infirmary—a hospital in Bristol, England—developed a visual guide for stools. This guide is called the Bristol Stool Form Scale, BSF scale for short. It is a self-diagnostic tool that helps skittish patients and doctors alike discuss this delicate subject without getting embarrassed.
Type 1 has spent the longest time in the colon and type 7 has spent the least. Stools at the lumpy end of the scale are hard to pass and often require a lot of straining. Stools at the loose or liquid end of the spectrum can be too easy to pass - the need to pass them is urgent and accidents can happen. The ideal stools are types 3 and 4, especially type 4, as they are most likely to glide out without any fuss.
What type of stools are best?
- The feeling you need to go is definite but not irresistible
- Once you sit down on the toilet there is no delay
- No conscious effort or straining is needed
- The stool glides out smoothly and comfortably
- Afterwards there is only a pleasant feeling of relief
- All this is most likely if the stool is Bristol Stool Form Scale, type 4
I hope this has been an informative blog for you. This is very important to understand and a subject that you should get comfortable with!
Be well,
Dr. M
1 comment:
Are you familiar with Dr. Oz? He is on Oprah quite often. I am not an Oprah fan but I watch it from time to time and Dr. Oz says the same thing about the stool. It is quite interesting and, at the same time, suprising. I have suffered from irriatable bowel syndrome in the past and it can be a real nuisance. It seems to be better now. I began eating more fiber (I am aware there are two kinds) and taking some supplements (though I am not sure if they actually caused anything to change or not) but, at any rate, things are better. Kind of reminds me of that old joke. "You don't have to be a brain to accomplish things, just a butthole." A bit of crude humor there but, in this case, it fits.
Thanks for sharing that information. Your blog is interesting.
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