Which is healthier, squatting or sitting in the toilet?

Going to the toilet is the most common and simple thing. However, this is the most common thing, and there are certain stresses. For example, is it better to squat or sit when going to the toilet? If you don't choose it properly, it may cause some harm to your body. Especially for people with constipation, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and waist joint diseases, it is not so simple to go to the toilet. According to the research data of the US Centers for Disease Control, nearly 230,000 people in the United States have accidents while going to the toilet and are hospitalized every year. Below, tell you how to choose the right way to go to the toilet according to your physical condition.

Which is better, squatting or sitting? The answer is not what you think!

First of all, let's take a look at the advantages and disadvantages of squatting in the toilet:

Benefits: Squat posture is the most natural way of defecation for human beings. Squat posture can completely relax the puborectalis muscle, and defecation is not only easy, but also more thorough.

Disadvantages: squatting for a long time will increase abdominal pressure, affect the blood flow in pelvic cavity and abdominal cavity, and easily lead to hemorrhoids; Squat posture can also affect the blood circulation of the legs. If you stand suddenly, it will easily lead to insufficient blood supply to the brain, dizziness, black eyes and other symptoms.

Let's look at the advantages and disadvantages of sitting in the toilet:

Benefits: It is very comfortable to sit, and it will basically not affect blood circulation, and people feel very relaxed.

Disadvantages: excrement is easy to splash on the skin, and at the same time, because many people use the same cushion, the probability of disease infection is increased; Low defecation, endless defecation.

Therefore, squatting or sitting in the toilet must be chosen according to your own situation, especially for people with their own diseases.

Patients with cardiovascular diseases had better choose sitting posture.

Sitting posture can avoid the influence of blood circulation, not causing too much pressure on the cardiovascular system, and can well prevent the pressure on the abdomen when squatting, thus avoiding increasing the burden on the cardiovascular system and preventing cardiovascular accidents.

People with joint pain in various parts also had better choose sitting posture.

I am deeply touched by this. It turned out that I was sore all over after squatting in the toilet, and it was difficult to get up. Now I want to sit down. This is because squatting will not cause great wear and consumption to the joints.

Of course, for normal people, squatting in the toilet is the best and has a certain health care effect. People often say that "defecation is lacing", which is the reason. Squatting to the toilet can stretch many meridians of the human body, such as gallbladder meridian, kidney meridian and stomach meridian. If you squat to go to the toilet, squatting posture can increase abdominal pressure, which is more conducive to smooth defecation.

There are some precautions for squatting and defecating. It is best to control the time within 3 minutes, and the longest time cannot exceed 5 minutes; At the same time, don't use two things at the same time, let alone play with your mobile phone.