Your Stool

How Much Water in It?

Can you tell, which of the two below is the perfect stool?

Situation 1

Small intestine : " Here comes mashed food from the stomach. Let me close the valve at the other end. Ah...I extract juicy nutrients and water that is so good for the body. When I am satisfied that all nutrients are taken. I pass the next job to the large intestine."

Large intestine : " Hmmm the food refuse is still moist. That's nice, I can extract whatever water that my colleague left out to finish the job thoroughly. I can spare the right proportion of water in the end product - eighty percent. ( Gives a slap on the rear ) Slide out, mate!"

Situation 2

Small intestine : " I feel dry and in a bad mood, but there's food to handle...( Slams the valve, BANG!) Okay, I am done with extracting nutrients but not much water. Let's see if my colleague can do a better job."

Large intestine : " It's kind of dry. I am worried we may be short of 40,000 glasses of water to go around in the house within the next 24 hours. So I have to improvise. I need to work over time to squeeze out all the water I can from this batch of food refuse. I am not happy at all with the quality of the end product which I can only reluctantly spare fifty percent water. ( Sigh ) Hopefully you make it out there, mate..."

I am sure a smart cookie like you don't need me to tell you the answer. Anyways this is the "perfect recipe" our friend the large intestine was talking about:

Water - 70-85%

Intestinal bacteria - 10-25%

Food refuse - 10-15%

Fats - 4%

Others - 4%

Percentage of water which is less than stated above, voila...constipation. So, it's your job to supply enough water.

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