Do Americans really only shit once a week? (literature.cafe)

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My elementary school teacher told us once that Americans only poop once a week. The climate is colder in North America, so their intestines pack the poop together very densely such that they only need to poop once a week. She said you'd be sent to the doctor if you poop daily in America.

Is this true?

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[-] RBWells@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago

I used to work in a health food store and remember I could always tell who the raw foods guys were (it was always guys) because they had crazy eyes. They were crazy.

I'm sure most of us could stand to eat more raw foods, but dude. That fruitarian thing makes zero sense. It's people who think bodies are dirty, they want to transcend this filthy mortal plane and be clean and pure. That whole mindset is so twisted.

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