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Let's talk about POOP...FLOATERS OR SINKERS



Should "HEALTHY" Poop FLOAT OR SINK?  

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  1. 1. Should "HEALTHY" Poop FLOAT OR SINK?

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I keep hoping for one that looks like the Virgin Mary. If someone can make that much money for her image on toast off EBay, I figure...well..... *wrings hands together with evil plotting*

Gross...Art....Fine... meet line.....eh? One good stinker and voila! I'm an artist! Self-made.

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I was taught in school that your poop should sink. If it sinks it means that you're getting enough Fiber in your diet. If it doesn't sink you need to eat more fiber. Don't know for sure what the consistency is suppose to be though.

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Pretty soon they are just gonna begin posting pics or links to their listing at Question Mark (aka The Very Long and Bendy Poo) - Rate My Poo

DONT CLICK THE LINK IF YOU DON'T WANT TO VIEW HEALTHY POO!

WELL some unhealthy too lol

You are way sick! That's the best way to zap a craving for anything.

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Dr. Oz on Oprah says that our poop should float but I forget why. Mine always sinks and is rarely solid but I've always suffered from IBS so I already knew I wasn't normal.

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Believe it or not, had this conversation with an herbal life representative. I had to do some searching, but found an article on the "WEBMD" site that supported my view.

Floating is good 8-) .... it means that you have enough Fiber in your diet. People get mixed up about it though because there are some diseases that people have that causes stool to float also. The key is to know your body.

I know that if I eat fresh corn, or eat oatmeal with a lot of Water for Breakfast, .... sorry about this, ... but I will have floaters.

Hope that helps.

Live long and prosper !!

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NOT easy to talk about, but extremely important. Especially if you have a band. I think that it is something that they do not cover enough in the lap band process in regard to health.

It is extremely important for the health of your colon and a healthy heart to have a sufficient intake of Water soluble & non-soluble fiber.

If you are young and banded, maybe even more so because you may tend to get away without eating fiber / fresh vegetables.

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NOT easy to talk about, but extremely important. Especially if you have a band. I think that it is something that they do not cover enough in the lap band process in regard to health.

It is extremely important for the health of your colon and a healthy heart to have a sufficient intake of Water soluble & non-soluble fiber.

If you are young and banded, maybe even more so because you may tend to get away without eating fiber / fresh vegetables.

Well.....kinda. It is extremely important to have a good Water, vegetable, and fiber intake. But it would appear there is not yet a consensus among the experts as to whether poop floating or sinking is superior. I asked a gastroenterologist in the elevator the other this poop question and she just laughed and laughed and finally said "it depends on who you ask".

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Well, what the hell do you do if you don't have either because you CAN'T go? Hee Hee

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Eat more foods rich in fiber and drink more Water. ;-)

Well, what the hell do you do if you don't have either because you CAN'T go? Hee Hee

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That's so disgusting! Healthy Poop is not suppose to be watery like that, that's diarrhea; it's suppose to be loosely compacted; fiberous; easy to break up.

Pretty soon they are just gonna begin posting pics or links to their listing at Question Mark (aka The Very Long and Bendy Poo) - Rate My Poo

DONT CLICK THE LINK IF YOU DON'T WANT TO VIEW HEALTHY POO!

WELL some unhealthy too lol

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Hah! I sure hope those are thick walls :) This is going to sound crazy but does anyone worry about being constipated? My greatgranmother is 92 now but she is always in agony because she ate white bread all her life and struggled with Constipation and now they cant even prescribe her enough pain meds :( I hope that the band doesnt cause me to have this problem... but if they band lets me live to be 92 I suppose the trade off will be worth it. (my grandma on the other side died at 56 :()

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