Re: It's suppost to sink??

[Guest guest]

At 11:00 PM 3/16/04 -0000, you wrote:

>Hi list mates,

>I just joined and have been looking through past posts. I have

>noticed a few of you mention that your bm's are suppost to sink.

>Where did you learn that? I have learned from a few sources that

>they are suppost to float! What a learned was that if you are

>getting enough fiber they float, if you are getting too much protein

>they sink, and if too much sugar they leave skid marks. Sorry about

>the gross topic, but I'd like to know what is the truth!

And there I was getting worried because we hadn't had a poop story in a

while (although we did have a Great Sex story).

Welcome, Dani - I can't answer your questions, you'll have to rely on the

more experienced people for that, but couldn't help replying anyway - ya

just gotta love somebody that jumps right in with such unabashed...ness.

MFJ

Any moment in which you feel like dancing is a perfect moment. Singing

works, too.

[Guest guest]

>>I just joined and have been looking through past posts. I have

noticed a few of you mention that your bm's are suppost to sink.

Where did you learn that? I have learned from a few sources that

they are suppost to float! What a learned was that if you are

getting enough fiber they float, if you are getting too much protein

they sink, and if too much sugar they leave skid marks. Sorry about

the gross topic, but I'd like to know what is the truth!

Dani

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Hi Dani, welcome!!

floaters or sinkers is a topic of great debate and pops up from time to time.

So let me tell you my experience/opinion.

My stools have always floated as far back as I can remember. I always thought

that was normal. I have gallstones (now silent thanks to Weston Price and

Warrior Diet) and used to regularly do liver flushes. I found it strange that

after each liver flush, my stools would sink for a while then start floating

again.

Naturopathy/bowel cleansing advocates say your stools should:

* float then slowly sink (indicating adequate fibre)

* be walnut-coloured

* not soil your anus ;-)

* be a nice long unbroken sausage

* not smell

* occur within half an hour after each meal (ie. transit time of 24 hours, that

means yesterday's breakfast comes out after today's breakfast)

Hah! darn near impossible if you ask me. Most of us have had our digestive

tracts damaged by SAD diets and the modern " civilised " lifestyle.

Anyway, I'm digressing. I finally worked out (no thanks to all the doctors and

naturopaths I went to), that my gallstones were related to a digestive problem

and poor ability to digest fats in particular.

When I added more fats into my diet a la WPF and took HCl for a while, my stools

started sinking.

I can only say, when I wasn't healthy my stools floated.

When I became healthy, my stools sank.

Now they only float when I am a bit constipated. So for me, stools should sink.

But that doesn't mean that's the case for everyone.

Hope that doesn't confuse the issue too much! LOL!

Filippa ;-)