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Hello friends, in this chapter I’m going to show why you need to know about Bristol stool chart. You see, when talking about the texture and shape of the stool with the family doctor, it has always been a rather embarrassing topic. Right?  To help physicians and especially patients get out of their embarrassment, researchers at the University of Bristol, England, developed in 1994 the Bristol scale. It rates the texture, color, and shape of feces. In this chapter, I’m going to talk about the shape and texture of poop. Let’s start. The Bristol scale has 7 types of stools. Many experts claim that types 3 and 4 are ideals, but I think they’re missing a few parts from the puzzle.

To understand how diseases formed in the digestive system, we must first take into consideration the ongoing peristaltic motion there. Without knowing what’s the ideal rhythm of the digestive system, how can someone tell you what the right texture and shape of poop should look like? Especially if the texture and shape depend on the effectiveness of the peristaltic motion. Where slower motion causes a backup and accumulation of waste that leads to chronic constipation. On the other hand, faster motion can cause IBS and diarrhea. 

We know that junk food, antibiotics, and stress, contribute to health problems in the digestive system. Besides that, our diet, lifestyle, Gut microbes, and genetics are different from one another. That’s one reason why many times the medications your doctor prescribes for digestive problems don't work.

Bristol scale is the best tool for self-diagnose.  It can also prevent diseases in the intestines before they turn chronic. I believe everyone should have access to instructions on how to use the chart. If you google Bristol chart you find many experts giving instructions on the topic. Most of them recite what they learn. Their guidelines make people believe they don’t have digestive problems. Even family doctors and pediatricians say that it’s normal to have one bowel movement every 1-3 days. No wonder why intestinal diseases affect so many people, old and young.

Look, it happens because of a few reasons. First, we were taught to eat what we like and taste good. Therefore, many of us choose manmade industrialized food, deprived of fiber, and essential nutrients. Second, as toddlers, we were trained to use the wrong posture for moving bowels. Any parent witnessed how toddlers naturally squat during defecation. That’s how humans used to pass stool before the invention of toilets. Look at the facts, some toddlers pass stool 3 times a day, while others do it only 3 times a week.

Just think about it. Do you think it healthy to let 6 to 12 meals accumulate in the colon? Do you think it healthy to sit on the toilet and apply strain to release the hard poop? At my clinics came many people with different diseases.  Most of them also have bowel problems. Can you imagine that over 70% of all known diseases start due to colon issues? Do you start to see the broad picture?

So, what happens down there to cause so many health problems? Well, feces in its journey along the colon, undergoes a continuous wavy massage.  Along he bowels draw from the feces water, minerals, and other essential nutrients. That’s why the longer stool stays in the colon the drier it gets. Now, we must pay attention to the last part of the colon, where there is torsion in the sigmoid before the rectum. This kink is the first obstacle in the flow of stool. The shape of it slows down the feces, just before it enters the rectum. The second obstacle is the Puborectalis muscle. This muscle does not let go of its grip on the anal canal while sitting on the toilet, but does it naturally only while squatting.

Now, science knows that on the average food stays in the stomach for about 4 hours before it leaves to the small intestines. There, the partially digested food has to travel in the 20-foot-long tube. The traveling time in the small intestines depends on the food you ate, the good bacteria in your intestines, and the peristaltic motion. On average it takes 4-6 hours to pass through the small intestine before waste enters the colon. Now, the large intestine is only 5 feet long, which is only a quarter of the length of the small intestine, however, science tells us that stool can stay there between 10-60 hours before it leaves the body.

In that case, I have two crucial questions. One, why is there a large hour’s range for stool to pass through the colon? Two, can the risk of colon diseases increase if stool stays longer in the bowel?

While it’s clear that the longer the stool stays in the colon it gets harder to pass and constipation contributes to many chronic diseases.  However, it's unclear why physicians think it’s normal to pass stool once every 2 to 3 days, and why numbers 3, and 4 on the Bristol chart, considered to be ok. Look, if you eat 3 meals a day and have a bowel movement every 2 days, there is an accumulation of 6 meals before you pass stool. Do you know how many meals have already accumulated in the colon?  Do you know how many meals this person passes each time he defecates? It’s impossible to know, right?

Science tells us that it takes, on average about 8-10 hours for what we ate to reach the colon.  So, what makes it stay there up to 60 and even 72 hours or more? This is a crucial question because the peristaltic rhythm in the colon doesn’t slow down before stool reaches the rectum. By all means, accumulation of toxic waste causes diseases in the infected organ. Look where most cancer appears in the colon. It happens in the last part, where toxic poop accumulates.

That’s why I believe everyone should know the 7 stages of the Bristol chart. This knowledge can serve you in time of need before chronic disease takes place in the bowels or elsewhere. If you already signed up for the trilogy – the peristaltic motion secrets to sickness and health – you should get the next video in your mailbox. Make sure to check your email for it. If you have not registered yet, I want you to know that this subject might help you understand how chronic intestinal diseases start and how to prevent them. Beneath this video, you can find a short registration form. Do it now. And I’ll see you later.  Goodbye.