don't open if easily grossed out - vegan question
Posted by rachlove2 on Jun 25, 2007 · Member since Dec 2006 · 136 posts
so... I was talking to my friend who just moved back from California and he said he had met lots of vegans who are in a quest to have 'floating poop'. He said that, if your poop floats, it means it's completely pure and not weighed down by animal proteins. Umm.. I'm straight up vegan and my poop does NOT float, not even a little. Anyway, I told him that I'd ask on VegWeb to find out if this is BS or not, it sure seems like it to me..
Don't worry, mine doesn't float either.....I learned on Veg web the other day in another post that if it floats it means that there is a lot of air (gas) in it! It was under a post from yabbit girl I think, maybe, about a certain food that made her regular. I can't remember, but there was more talk about it there if you want to search.
I am wonder how often other vegans go. I go about 3 times per day! It seems like a lot, I know! Years ago when I was a very unhealthy eater, I didn't even go once per day.
I think 3 times a day is way to much. I think either you are drinking tons of water, you are eating something that makes you go,or you chew your food very well (don't ask me why I think that I don't know. I think it has something to do with it).
Yeah. My, ummm, uh, my BROTHER, that's it, made me watch it! That's how I know about Mr. Hanky! MY brother had it on! Yeah! Thanks for reminding me! ;)
Why would you deny watching Southpark? That show RULES. I'm totally serial.
i dont think 3 is bad as long as they are "healthy" poos. if it is really more like diareah then you have a problem. my friend goes 2 times a day... just how her body is i guess
it is pretty hilarious that you know your friend's poo cycle.
Okay, you all brought this up...
My son the Black Angus beef only guy turned vegetarian reminded me how he used to use the basement bathroom as a "reading room" and go in for a long "think." He would sit so long he'd get up with a red ring after finishing another long novel in there. Why? He was constipated!!! He said that now, he can't read in the bathroom because when he has to go, he has to clamp his cheeks together and run. Once he sits down, it is all over. Umm yeah know the feeling.
If I am not strictly vegan, I am a twice a weeker. Vegan? I have been a frequent sprinter. Works for me.
As for floating turds, this is called steatorrhea, literally "passage of fat." If you have chronic floaters you could have liver and/or gallbladder problems, and perhaps chronic digestive complaints anyway. It is not a sign of eating properly. Having a very easy time passing waste and having frequent easy movements IS a sign of eating properly. The exception is people who have dumping syndrome who eat and everything runs through in about 20 minutes, but that is not what I mean here.
Of note, the reason human dung is the color it is, is because of dead, used up red blood cells. Your body reclaims most of the iron and a couple of other things in your tired, spent blood cells. The liver filters these products and dumps the waste into the small intestine. At the liver, this byproduct is yellow like blood plasma is. Foods, like beets, will temporary color the stools on their own. Nothing like chowing down on a large bowl of fresh beets and getting up in the morning thinking you are bleeding to death.
Regularity is overrated. It doesn't matter if you go 10 times a day or once a week, as long as you don't have to strain or take something in order to go. Everyone's body works differently.
To the original poster, if your friend wants floatation devices, tell him to buy a boat.
Three a day is not too many. In fact, the more the merrier; healthwise, three is better than two or one. I wish I could get up to three! I'm lucky to get just two. :'(
This is absolutely one of the funiest threads I have read yet! I read years ago that floaters were good. Sometimes, mine float, other times they don't. I have friends that only 'poop' every 2 or 3 days. Not my problem. Twice at least if not three times a day. I prefer that as I have enough cr*p in my life so if it wants to leave my body a few times a day...good on it! ;D ;D ;D
Three a day is not too many. In fact, the more the merrier; healthwise, three is better than two or one. I wish I could get up to three! I'm lucky to get just two. :'(
THank you!!! I was starting to worry after another poster said something could be wrong, but then Dr. Baypuppy thought it was OK. You broke the tie! I'm glad it went the way it did. I would hate to go to the doctor....what's wrong? I am pooping 3 times a day! :-\
Start eating sauteed greens every day. I think that's what put me up to three (if that is your goal!) ;)
LadyD, thank you too! Mine is super quick like your friend's, and in fact, I miss the reading experience because it used to be one of the only times I had time to read. Now its splish splash wipe- and I'm outta there! Also, hardly ever smells (yeah, my shit don't stink ???ha ha)And YES sometimes I have to run to make it! (also, my body is trained to only get the urge at HOME, I love it!!!) Of course this creates problems when traveling (just kidding). But I do go less when out of town for some reason.
I should quit being on veg web so much so I would have time to READ off the pot!
Oh, I'm laughing so hard right now! What a great topic!
A couple years ago a few girlfriends and I decided to have a "pooping contest". We gave ourselves a week and whoever pooped the most won. And we're adults! ::) Maybe we can blame our immaturity on the fact that we work at a highschool.
Anyway, I won with the number 20. Phew! (And I didn't cheat!)
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