Some years ago an aquaintance from volleyball was telling me about how she shared a hot tub with a guy who was into this form of elimination.  He convinced her to try it.
She did and got crap all over her new cowboy boots! lol.
People will try anything once, I suppose.
I'm sticking to the old-fashioned, on the toilet bowl methodology.  It allows me to read and/or do sudoku puzzles at the same time.
gale



----- Original Message ----
From: Marilyn Harris <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 9:44:33 AM
Subject: Paleo Pooping

Ahem.  :-)

Has anyone thought or even tried this more natural method of elimination? 
Meaning the squat method?

Here is a good explanation:

http://www.naturesplatform.com/health_benefits.html

I have been trying to do this fo a little while now (although my problem I 
think is muscle tension in the bowels) and it seems to give a fuller 
movement. What is interesting is that the so-called sigmoid colon (the last 
bit before the rectum) straightens out somewhat which aids in a more 
complete bowel movement.  Or at least that seems to be the claim.

I have never heard about all of this until just a few weeks ago searching 
for natural means of eliminating constipation (always a concern, 
unfortunately).

Anyhow, I hope this can help people out here....

Marilyn