Normal frequency is between 3 per day to 3 per week, but normal doesn’t necessarily mean healthy. Populations eating high enough fiber diets to reach that 2-3 times a day number have 1/50th the rate of heart disease, gallstones, and appendicitis, 1/25th the rate of diverticulitis, hemorrhoids, varicose veins, and hiatal hernia, and 1/10th the rate of colon cancer
Exactly what I’ve heard from our pediatrician when talking about baby pooping. When someone reaches a certain age anything between 3 days and 3 times a day is OK, as long as it looks as a normal poo
Citation needed, pretty sure this is long outdated. Afaik, anything from 3 times a day to once every three days is fine.
Can confirm, I poop 3 sometimes even 4 times a day and I’m literally the smartest person I know
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I moved my entire computer desk into the bathroom for this reason. My productivity has never been better.
CORRECTION: Ideal pooping frequency is actually 2-3 times a day, not 1 time a day, I was originally wrong https://nutritionfacts.org/video/flashback-friday-how-many-bowel-movements-should-you-have-should-you-sit-lean-or-squat/
Normal frequency is between 3 per day to 3 per week, but normal doesn’t necessarily mean healthy. Populations eating high enough fiber diets to reach that 2-3 times a day number have 1/50th the rate of heart disease, gallstones, and appendicitis, 1/25th the rate of diverticulitis, hemorrhoids, varicose veins, and hiatal hernia, and 1/10th the rate of colon cancer
Exactly what I’ve heard from our pediatrician when talking about baby pooping. When someone reaches a certain age anything between 3 days and 3 times a day is OK, as long as it looks as a normal poo