gut health
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In Shit News, Holding Back the Urge to Poop Is Bad for Your Body
How often should we poo? If you Google this question, you’re likely to find an answer along the lines of three times a day to once every three days. But this leaves room for substantial variation. The true answer is: when you feel the urge. In fact, habitually putting off the urge to poo and…
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Coronavirus Can Cause Extreme Diarrhoea, Stomache Aches and Nausea
Media reports earlier this week described a Queensland nurse with stomach pains who went on to test positive for COVID-19. Could stomach pains be another symptom of COVID-19? And if you have stomach pains, should you get tested? Although we might think of COVID-19 as a respiratory disease, we know it involves the gut. In…
