Advantages of Squat toilets

Advantages of Squat toilets

1. They are less expensive and easier to clean and maintain.
2. They are less vulnerable to vandalism.
3. The splashing of water on the buttocks after a heavy defecation does not occur.
4. They do not involve any contact between the buttocks and a potentially unsanitary surface.
5. Squatting might help to build the required pressure more comfortably and quickly.
6. Squatting makes elimination faster, easier and more complete.
7. Elimination in squatting posture protects the nerves that control the prostate, bladder and uterus from becoming stretched and damaged.
8. Squatting relaxes the puborectalis muscle which normally chokes the rectum in order to maintain continence.
9. Squatting securely seals the ileocecal valve, between the colon and the small intestine. In the conventional sitting position, this valve is unsupported and often leaks during evacuation.
10. For pregnant women, squatting avoids pressure on the uterus when using the toilet.
11. Daily squatting helps prepare the mother-to-be for a more natural delivery.
12. Squatting may reduce the occurrence or severity of hemorrhoids and possibly other colorectal disorders such as diverticulosis and appendicitis.

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