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Pooping only every 3 or more days linked with cognitive decline, research finds | CNN

edition.cnn.com Pooping only every 3 or more days linked with cognitive decline, research finds | CNN

Scientists have found concerning associations between constipation and brain health in the first research to look into this subject.

You may not remember this, for reasons described in the article, but Lemmy used to champion the 3-days-no-pooping lifestyle. Hopefully it's not too late for a full recovery.

France @lemmy.world Sphks @lemmy.dbzer0.com 1y ago

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Ne pas faire caca suffisamment souvent, lié à un déclin du cerveau

edition.cnn.com /2023/07/19/health/constipation-cognitive-decline-gut-health-wellness/index.html

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I poop like 3x a day. I am very intelligent.
- Only 3x? Those are rookie numbers. We gotta pump those numbers up
  
  Oh, I can and have beaten that.
Well yeah, what do you expect from people who are full of shit?

Sorry, I'll show myself out.
- 😆
Ah, is this one of those "shit posts" I've heard about? very useful and informative, I'll have to check out more of them
- No, the shit post was a few weeks ago, this is a reference.
Linked.

This research wasn’t “designed to test the causal relationship between bowel movements, the gut microbiome and cognitive health, so we cannot firmly draw conclusions regarding the precise causal sequence underlying this association,” Ma said.
Isn't constipation being unable to poop, not not needing to poop though?
- It's both.

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