Floating poop leads to weight loss
Dr. Oz was once again on Oprah this week. As usual, he had a ton of new and interesting, traditionally gross-ish research to share. Floating poop ranks right up there in all three categories.
Recently a study was conducted where the subjects were placed on a highly controlled yet moderate diet, which was low in calcium for one week. At the end of the week, each subject 'contributed' some doo in a jar as their sample to be analyzed. (Imagine doing that!) The next week, subjects were placed on the exact diet except this time tweaked it to provide the subjects with 1200 mg of calcium each day, which is ideal for adults. At the end of the week, once again they had the pleasure of providing a sample.
The poo samples were frozen, dried, turned into a pill, and then crushed (hate to be that scientist). The samples were then analyzed. The study showed that by the end of week two, the high calcium week...the subjects samples contained 100% more fat than the previous week. Which means, calcium is an excellent transporter of fat. Ideally, we'd prefer to expel the fat we consume rather than absorb it. This in the long run, will help lead to weight loss.
Dr. Oz recommends low fat dairy products and/or calcium supplements to achieve the desired 1200 mg of calcium recommended daily. Oh! And about the floating poop thing...poop carrying fat will float. Poop that sinks does not. Won't it be fun for you to keep tabs on that?
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
9-20-2007 @ 1:36PM
drew said...
So I am a little confused, is it better that it float or sink?
If it floats does that mean your body is getting rid of the fat, and if it sinks your body is storing it?
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9-20-2007 @ 1:40PM
fitzness said...
Apparently, the more fat in your in your potty....the less fat on your thighs!
Floating Poo Rules!
Fitz K.
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9-21-2007 @ 12:51AM
James said...
Interesting! So all those milk commercials were right? Dairy is good for weight-loss?
10mg = 1% of your daily calcium, so 120% of your daily calcium is 1200mg. Seems like people should be getting this already.
1 cup of milk = 300mg, so just 4 cups of milk a day should make me bone skinny?
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9-22-2007 @ 8:49AM
Jack said...
I like to leave my floaters there for all the world to enjoy!
and there's also this:
http://www.fakebuddy.com/
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9-25-2007 @ 10:10PM
caroline said...
Your comments: well you could try a good weight loss program ----------------------------------------------
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9-26-2007 @ 7:33AM
Recluse said...
Not to ruin the floating poo love...but I believe it can also be a sign of giardia, especially if you happen to have the habit of drinking from springs or streams.
What a world, you know? People are spending precious months of their lives measuring the fat in excrement, and there's literally no surface water on earth that we can assume doesn't need to be filtered.
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11-28-2007 @ 12:16AM
mARGOT said...
WONDERFUL jUST WONDERFUL !!
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12-09-2007 @ 10:50AM
acrolein.magb said...
You know I have noticed this odd phenomenon in my own life lately. And have asked myself more than once why is it that some turds float and others don't. I had no idea it was an issue of fat content. If anyone can explain this in further detail please feel free to emaili me at acrolein.magb@yahoo.com Re: "Why Turds Float".
Regards
talk soon !
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