What’s the Best Position for Pooping?

Everybody poops… but is it possible that you’re pooping all wrong? Learn the science behind the greatest debate of our time: squat vs. sit!

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Sources:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/brian-leaf/how-to-poop-properly-a-to_b_7849202.html
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1023%2FA%3A1024180319005
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1757-5672.2009.00057.x/abstract
http://www.webmd.com/digestive-disorders/video/poop-pose
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-checkup/post/is-that-right-squatting-on-potty-better-than-sitting/2012/10/18/04cd0610-196b-11e2-ad4a-e5a958b60a1e_blog.html