SUBJECT: I want to talk to you
about your pose.
No, not this pose or this pose,
but this pose.
No way am I showing you that
pose.
We're gonna be talking
about pooping.
The culprit, your poop position.
Some sources think we've been
doing it all wrong-- I mean
wrong-- this whole time.
Sitting on toilets
seemed more dignified when they
were presumably invented
in the early 1900s.
Even back in 1924, Dr. William
Welles quoted leading
medical authorities.
He wrote, "it would have been
better if the contraption had
killed its inventor before he
launched it under humanity's
buttocks."
So let's break down the problem.
When you sit on a toilet
for that needed release,
your bowels actually kink up.
Well, technically it's
your anorectal angle.
Am I really saying this?
It's the area between your anus
and your rectum that gets
knotted.
Like this.
(ENGLISH ACCENT)
This more civilized approach
(AMERICAN ACCENT)
to bowel movements
this could possibly be causing
bloating, hemorrhoids, even
constipation, just to name
a few.
But when you squat to do
your job, it actually puts
your bowels
in the proper alignment.
Gravity will do its thing,
and your body will actually
loosen up, allowing it to flow
like this.
Animals have mastered
the squatting position,
and maybe we should take a note
from nature.
A large part
of the eastern world
uses squatting toilets-- toilets
that do not allow you to sit
and force you to take a more
primal position.
So you're probably not gonna
go home and remove your toilet,
but you can buy a thing
and that will help to get you
aligned.
Place it right under your toilet
and just slide it out so you
can, well, slide it out.
OK, so if we haven't lost you
by this point, just admit it.
You're curious.
So the next time you're
in the bathroom,
perfect that pose.
