To wonder how some people poo?

[MadamDeMorency]

5 - 7 a day is my absolute minimum, about 10 is ideal. I eat loads of fruit and veg, legumes and dried fruit otherwise my digestive system will seize up.

Have I trained my digestive system to need this much? How do some people get away with eating so few?

With great difficulty.

It isn't specifically the amount of fruit n veg you eat that leads to regular bowel movement.
It's your hydration.

It's wrong to think someone who eats mostly meat and carbs will have bad bowels. They'll be fine if they drink enough water.

Likewise, a person on a vegetarian diet but one that is high in salt/dairy/carbs who doesn't drink enough water will get constipated.

Vegetables consist mostly of water so a plate of salad is the equivalent of a drink of water. But you still need to drink water!

Used to be a once every three days person, after coeliac diagnosis and a gluten free diet I'm now more like three times a day! It was a very disconcerting change I must admit

I can second that about water. Since upping my intake I go more regularly regardless of the amount of fruit and veg I eat which admittedly isn’t as much as I should be eating.

I drink 2 litres of water a day, eat mostly veg with a less fruit, some carbs and chicken and fish. Soya milk, cheese rarely. I exercise (run) and I still cannot go. What am I doing wrong?

@myidentitymycrisis

Try having porridge for breakfast - it's done wonders for my bowels.

Eating lots of fibre
getting lots of exercise, especially on one's feet
having some caffeine
drinking plenty of fluid

I tend to believe that people who get constipation must not do any of those things. Unless their circumstances are extremely limiting what they can with their bodies, I wonder WTF they do with their time instead.

It's tough isn't it

We just came back from camping : not a jot.

Returned home? Straight back to it

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@myidentitymycrisis 2 bowls of all bran a day will sort you out 👍🏻

Sometimes once a day if that

I'm a recovering alcoholic. I eat a lot of meat but take care ingest at least 5 a day fruit and veg. In the absence of booze, I love food.

Thus, one massive excropapulation in the morning, with the sequel at 4 p.m.

Regular as clockwork.

AAAAAAAHHHH...Nowt quite as satisfying as a gurt bigg shitt.

I have about 10portions of f&v a day, and at least 3 litres of water. No tea/coffee.
I don't poo that often, maybe every 3 days, but have always been the same. I don't feel full/sluggish.

My diet is shit to be honest. I don't eat vegetables regularly (only had one portion last week) and the only fruit I eat is grapes when I'm at work.

No bowel issues here! Although I do drink plenty of water and exercise daily.

The infamous poo troll is probably reading this and weeping...

You need to drink more water op

excropapulation qu’est-ce que c’est ? I like this word, but is it made up?

I'm not sure about fruit and veg, but a coffee and a fag will always guarantee an evacuation.

Firm and clean is my barometer for a healthy bowel.

Are you trying to boast poster? Everyone is different!

Well as we really are discussing it...

For absolutely ever I used to go every day at around 10am. Honestly it was insanely predictable.

Then I did a fasting retreat about two years ago and since then I am all over the place.
(Not literally of course, still just in the loo )