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Pooping only every 3 or more days linked with cognitive decline, research finds (www.cnn.com)
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In the first research to look at constipation’s impact on the aging brain, scientists have found some concerning links.

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[–] 21 points 3 years ago (5 children)

So if I go twice a day, am I going to become the next Einstein?

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  • [–] 15 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    "Increased risk was also found among those who pooped more than twice daily,"

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    So Dasnap is right that pooping exactly twice a day will inevitably make them a supergenius?

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I'm a Goldilocks shitter.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago

    Compared 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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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    I go like 4 times a day, do I get super powers?

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