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• The Squatting Posture
  • What is Squatting
  • What is sitting
  • Advantages of the Sitting Toilet
  • Compressing the waste out
  • Advantages of the Squat posture
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  • About the SquattLooStool
  • How to use the SquattLooStool
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• The Bathroom-Where it all happens
  • Cleansing the Genital,Urinary and Anal regions
• Social attitudes to the process of defecation
  • Defecation and urination-association with sex
• Food Processing - the organs involved
  • What are Sphincters in the GI tract
• Squatting to go
  • Ability to Squat-how easy is it?
  • Restrictive Clothing
  • Before toilet training
• Physiology of the squatting posture
  • The puborectalis muscle
  • What happens when you go
  • What did the Victorians do?
  • Reverting back to Squatting
  • Advantages of the Squat posture
  • Endorsement of the Squat posture
• Straining to go - Damage all over
  • Appendicitis
  • Diverticulosis
  • Diverticulitis
  • Haemorrhoids
  • Causes of Haemorrhoids
  • Varicose Veins
  • Hiatus Hernia
  • Repeated Straining-Other Conditions
  • Pelvic floor strain
  • How to Avoid Straining
• Gut motility and bowel function
  • What is Gut Motility?
  • The Muscular digestive Tube
  • Control of Motility
  • Motility influencing Bowel function
  • Peristalsis
  • Gastric Motility
  • Motility in the Small Intestine
  • Motility in the Colon
  • How to Manipulate Motility
  • What is Gut Transit Time?
• How do you create a bowel habit?
  • How often should I open my Bowels?
• Faeces and stools
  • How and where are Faeces made?
  • Your Colon and the Healthy Stool
  • The Perfectly formed Stool
  • Properties of the perfectly formed Stool
  • Insoluble Fibre
  • Looking at Stools
• Abnormal stools & bowel function
  • What causes Itching and Burning?
  • Cure and prevent itchy bottom
• Farting, Gas and Flatulence
• Bloating & Irritable Bowel syndrome
• Defecation - Emptying the Bowel
  • Evacuation and Defecation
  • Failure to initiate defecation
  • Effortless Exit of stool
  • Incomplete Emptying
  • Achieving complete evacuation
  • Problems-not emptying the bowels
  • How do I know I have finished?
  • Elimination without Straining
  • The feel good factor after going
  • The feeling of unfinished business
• Is it ok to ignore the urge to go
• The Anal canal and the process of defecation
  • The Internal Anal Sphincter
  • The External Anal Sphincter
  • Anorectal Physiology
  • Defecation reflex and the urge to go
  • The Gastrocolic Reflex
  • Intra-abdominal Pressures and Straining
  • The Orthocolic Reflex
• Continence and incontinence
• Stress and Defecation
• The Colonic digestive system
• Waste Elimination - Toxins in the Colon
• What is a Healthy Colon?
  • The need for High fibre food
  • Foods high in Fibre
  • Foods containing soluble fibre
  • Resistant Starch
  • Short Chain Fatty Acids and Butyrate
  • Diet towards a healthy colon
  • Chewing, Elimination and Healing
• Haemorrhoids
  • What are Haemorrhoids?
  • Are Haemorrhoids inflamed varicose veins?
  • Causes of Haemorrhoids
  • How do I treat my Haemorrhoids?
  • External Anal Thrombosis
  • Piles and Haemorrhoids
• Constipation
  • The Sluggish Colon
  • Outlet obstruction constipation
  • How to prevent constipation
  • Is constipation inevitable in old age?
• What is Diarrhoea?
  • Diarrhoe due to Disruption of Gut motility
• What is Anal Fissure
• Major diseases of the GI tract
  • Inflammatory Bowel Disease
• Probiotics and Prebiotics
• Laxatives
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