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Stool Time: What Your Poop is Telling You

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“A healthy outside starts from the inside.”— Robert Urich

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“Looking after my health today gives mea better hope for tomorrow.”— Anne Wilson Schaef

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“The groundwork of all happiness is health.”— Leigh Hunt

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“To keep the body in good health is a duty…otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear.”— Buddha

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Stool Time: What Your Poop is Telling You

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Proper elimination posture

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• The problem with sitting is that it keeps the kink in the lower bowel making it difficult to have an easy evacuation.

• Squatting relaxes the puborectalis muscle more and straightens out the colon, making elimination easier.

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The scoop on your stool

• The average stool is 75% water and 25% bacteria, fiber, cells and mucus.

• Healthy stools sink in your toilet.• Flatulence is bacteria breaking down food in the

large intestine.• A perfect stool is called a snake.• Sitting on the toilet too long can cause

hemorrhoids. • Flushing your toilet sprays microscopic air

droplets greater than six feet.• The average adult produces in one year a little

more than the weight of an adult panda (320 pounds).

Fecal Facts:

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Colorectal cancer screening resource

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Four tips to maintain healthy bowels

Include fiber in your diet Stay hydratedExercise regularly Chew thoroughly

. . . Just look at it

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Drop 5 Tip of the Week

*Daily recommended fiber intake:• Men under 50: 38 grams• Men over 51: 30 grams• Women under 50: 25 grams• Women over 51: 21 grams

Increase your dietary fiber.

* Recommendations come from the Institute of Medicine.

Ideas to increase your fiber intake:

• Include vegetables in meals and eat them first.

• Eat popcorn. It’s a whole grain and air popped

corn has over a gram of fiber per cup!

• Eat fruits that are high in fiber such as pears,

apples and berries.

• Replace refined grains with whole-grains. Some

whole grains include brown rice, oatmeal,

quinoa and barley.

• Add chia, flax or hemp seeds to your smoothies

or other dishes.

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Drop 5 participants who lost 5+ pounds

• Gordon S.• Lisa C.• Christina S.• Betsy S.• Valorie V.• Veronica W.• Jennifer S.• Cindy K. • Julie B.• Melanie H.• Susan L.• Rob M.• Katina B.• Geena S. Drop 5 to Start ‘21• Nancy S.• Diane T.• Pamela Q.• Amy L. • Lynne H.

Drop 5 of COVID-19• Karen B.• Robin B.• Kim D.• Jodi H.• Melinda W.• Karen K.• Lisa B.• Michelle K.• Anne K.• Michelle L.• Marge P.• Danielle G.• Joan G.• Susan L.• Jacqueline S.• Amanda G.• Meghan L.• Debra O.

• Kim P.• Tracy A.• Kristen B.• Catherine F.• Sherry L.• Michelle M.• Cheryl R.• Toni E.• Maureen F.• Lisa B.• Sherry L.• Amy N.• Stacy W.• Stephanie W.• DJ H. • Cathy P. • Rachel W. • Tina Z. • Heather B.• Ursula M.

• Bridgette G. • Karen K. • Susan L. • John S. • Sheila J. • Linda C. • Deb M. • Kuiyana R. • Ivone R.• Christina S. • Penny S. • Marianne S. • Yolanda F.• Gordon S. • Shana B. • Chris B. • Gregg C. • Linda B. • Mark L.• Dawn M.

Nonscale victories from last week:• I got the best surprise notification on my

fitbit this past week. It said, "For the past 2 consecutive weeks, you've reached the recommended 150 active zone minutes of weekly exercise." Huge NSV for me. I have been very sedentary for most of the past year, so this is such a big thing for me. I saw that I actually blew away the minimum goal for weekly zone minutes. I was (am) so happy and proud of myself.

• Melanie H.• Christyn H. (New)• Michelle G. (New)

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April well-being challenges

Add more fiber to your diet. Review your budget and create long- and short-term financial goals.

Create a personal positive mantra and say it daily.

Pick your own monthly challenge – or try all three! Let us know how you’re doing in the Questions section.

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