Squating toilet surprises

Squatting is the easiest, most natural and healthiest position for defecation. (It is also the most natural position for giving birth.)

Personally I always prefer squatting toilets because it is relatively cleaner compared to sitting toilets. Our skin is not in touch with the pedestal. I have come across many public toilets which the pedestal are most of the time too dirty to sit on. It is most of the times fill with drops of urine, shit and sometimes menstrual blood stains. And most people will que for the squatting toilet.

With squatting toilets, it is less messy. I heard of people saying that sitting toilets are beneficial for the elderly as they may have difficulty squatting. I guess that applies if they are not used to being squatting since young. My mum, my grand-parents can still squat when they were in their seventies with no difficulty. In our old house, our kitchen and toilets are of the squatting design.

The plumbing of the human anatomy is arranged to work in the squatting position.

When a person squats to defecate, the recto-anal angle at the end of the anal canal straightens out to permit easy evacuation. If a person sits, the sharper recto-anal angle forms a constriction and so pressure is required to force the contents of the bowel though it (see diagram).

Other problems associated with constipation, such as haemorrhoids, prostate inflammation, cystitis, backaches and incontinence, are also avoided or relieved by adoption of the squatting position.

Sources : http://www.toilet-related-ailments.com/squatting-versus-sitting.html