Pooping only every 3 or more days linked with cognitive decline, research finds
Pooping only every 3 or more days linked with cognitive decline, research finds
Scientists have found concerning associations between constipation and brain health in the first research to look into this subject.
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In the first research to look at constipation’s impact on the aging brain, scientists have found some concerning links.
So if I go twice a day, am I going to become the next Einstein?
23 2 Reply"Increased risk was also found among those who pooped more than twice daily,"
15 0 ReplySo Dasnap is right that pooping exactly twice a day will inevitably make them a supergenius?
6 0 ReplyCompared with people who pooped once a day, constipated participants had significantly worse cognition equivalent to three years more of chronological cognitive aging, the authors found. Increased risk was also found among those who pooped more than twice daily, though these higher odds were small.
This feels like one of those correlation = causation assumptions.
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Yes, and during the day before a colonoscopy you will become super Einstein - based on the amount of time you spend on the toilet.
5 1 ReplyI go like 4 times a day, do I get super powers?
2 0 ReplyI think you might have cholera.
4 0 ReplyYou get malnutrition.
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Limitless
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Turns out being full of shit really is the same as being stupid.
12 0 ReplyI have 20+ lesions in my brain due to MS. I don't poop a lot, so I can see this being true.
3 0 ReplyEat your fiber, folks
2 0 ReplyCoffee twice a day and raisin bran for breakfast, looks like I'm doing well
3 1 ReplyIs mizu gonna be ok?
3 1 ReplyStands to reason when one is full of shit.
2 1 ReplyI'm on medication which slows my bowel habits and I really do need to be on it. I wonder if it's the same for me/other people who have that.
1 0 ReplyShit.
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