Folks from Asia, Africa, and parts of Europe and Latin America generally suffer fewer instances of colitis, constipation, or hemorrhoids than their counterparts in the USA or the United Kingdom--all due to their style of defecation.
Specifically, the puborecatlis muscle is in charge of clamping down on the rectum and keeping the feces bottled up until the user is prepared to perform No. 2. The standard American toilet (which we Yanks stole from the Brits) puts the participant in a seated position, which leaves this clamping muscle in a partially closed configuration and requires much more straining, effort, and time on the part of the user to void bowels. As any proctologist will tell you, the more time you spend on a standard toilet, the more likely you will develop 'rhoid rage--hence that old procto battle cry condemning reading on the porcelain throne of "the bathroom is not a library."
The people in many other nations, however, either have no toilet at all and squat on the ground or use a toilet specifically designed to place the pooper in a squatting position. Use of a squatting toilet fully relaxes the puborecatlis muscle and allows for the easy transport of the browns to the super bowl.
The higher the seat in a standard toilet, the more likely it is to interfere with free and joyful fecal unburdening.
A video can be worth a thousand words. This one, an advertisement for the "Squatty Potty," explains it all. As I have never used the product, I cannot opine one way or the other with respect to its efficacy. I can truthfully report, however, that I found its ad to be witty, informative, and "tasteful" in every sense of the word. For a behind-the-scenes look at how they filmed this classic, click here.
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