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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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    • [–] 13 points 3 years ago

    Turns out being full of shit really is the same as being stupid.

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    [–] 3 points 3 years ago

    I have 20+ lesions in my brain due to MS. I don't poop a lot, so I can see this being true.

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    [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    Eat your fiber, folks

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    [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    I should shit more.

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    [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    Coffee twice a day and raisin bran for breakfast, looks like I'm doing well

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    [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    Is mizu gonna be ok?

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    [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    I'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.

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    [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    Stands to reason when one is full of shit.

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    [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    Shit.

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    [+] [B] -4 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)
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