bowel

How often should we poo? If you Google this question, you're likely to find an answer along the lines of three times a day to once every three days.But this leaves room for substantial variation. The true answer is: when you feel the urge.  In fact, habitually putting off the urge to poo and slowing the bowel 'transit time' may be associated with a higher risk of problems such as bowel cancer, diverticulosis (small pouches of the bowel lining protruding through the bowel wall), hemorrhoids, and anal tears, and…