'Aberrant bowel movement frequency may be an important risk factor in the development of chronic diseases,' researcher Sean Gibbons said.
The number of bowel movements you have in a day may be a significant indicator of how healthy you are.The frequency of a person's bowel movements can influence their health due to the impacts of defecating on gut microbiome, according to a new paper in the journal Cell Reports Medicine.The researchers found that defecating 1 to 2 times a day is a 'Goldilocks zone' for health.
'They also discovered a link between the gut microbiome of the participants and the number of times they pooped with health-associated fiber-fermenting gut bacteria. These bacteria seemed to be present in high numbers in people who were in a Goldilocks zone of having 1 to 2 bowel movements a day. Those with constipation or diarrhea instead tended to have bacteria associated with protein fermentation or the upper gastrointestinal tract.
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