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A stinker. No seriously my wife and I were just talking about this a few days ago. The floaters indicate you're not processing fats very well. So the sinkers.
by rhacker 4y ago
A stinker. No seriously my wife and I were just talking about this a few days ago. The floaters indicate you're not processing fats very well. So the sinkers.
- kingofpandora 4y agoThey are all stinkers.
- UncleOxidant 4y agoBut the article says that floating vs non-floating has little to do with fat content. It's the gases generated by bacteria that cause the stool to float, not the fat.
- throwaway89201 4y ago> The floaters indicate you're not processing fats very well. No. As a cited article concludes: "Thus, stools float because of an increased content of gas or water (or both); the floating stool should not be considered a sign of [excess fat in feces]." [1]. [1] https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM197205042861804 https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM197205042861804
- mrpopo 4y agoThey reject your argument in the article, just into the 2nd paragraph. > Prior to the 1970s, scientists believed that fecal matter either sank or floated depending on the amount of fat it contained. Experiments showed that not to be the case.