I know high fiber foods is a large part of it, but is there anything else to it?

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    1. Wax your ass
    2. Get a squatting stool
    3. Don’t eat spicy food
    4. High Fiber, meaning, don’t eat anything purréd
    5. Try to eat a salad with lunch/dinner
    6. Limit or eliminate processed foods
    7. Limit saturated fat intake up until the point your gallbladder can keep up
    8. Red sauces, not white sauces
    9. Eliminate fried food
    10. Eat foods that are in a form where you can visually discern each major ingredient. (That’s kinda where the term “Whole Foods” comes from)
    11. Eat lean proteins like chicken/fish/Pork (not bacon)
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    Fiber and good gut biome. It can take a while to correct if out of wack.

    Eat less frequently. OMAD or skip one meal. Also if you’re drinking a lot of water, supplement with electrolyte capsules (no Gatorade) to maintain optimal function. Reduce or eliminate snacking between meals.

    the large intestines absorbs water, electrolytes, and vitamins. It won’t function as well if your shits out of whack.

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    No such thing, your own body is your own body and how it functions is entirely for you to manage, figure out and maintain. The shape of your anus and buttocks has as much impact on the cleanliness and ease of your bowel movements as your diet.

    You have to follow the basics of self-care and have a healthy diet including a lot of vegetables, grains and legumes with fiber, low-fat proteins, healthy oils like olive oil in moderate amounts. Stay away from processed foods, and if you don’t know what constitutes processed food, you need to learn to walk before you run. Do some searches. You have the wealth of Humanity’s knowledge at your fingers.

    Just don’t eat fast-food, cut back on beef, learn to make beans and rice and chicken/tofu dishes and eat some fresh greens daily if you can. Get exercise every day. DRINK LOTS OF WATER EVEN IF YOU DON’T THINK YOU’RE THIRSTY.

    Will all this give you solid, clean bowel movements? No idea, in fact if you’re not used to eating like this, you will probably need months to adjust to it and may have periods of loose stools or even constipation before you start having healthier, easier bathroom times. You will also save a lot of money and you will feel healthier and have more energy and may live longer. I would take all that over “no wipe poops.”

    If you’re really struggling wiping, stop. Buy a bidet or a hand-held shower-head with a long hose and just use toilet paper to wipe dry. It’s absolutely criminal that parents don’t teach their kids proper bathroom hygiene and now we have a whole generation of people who struggle in the bathroom.

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      Thanks for the random response! Most everything you said makes good sense 👍

      Nah, no problems wiping here, I just asked as a generic discussion question that I think everyone has some interest in.

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        Glad you appreciate it. I figured it might be just a polling question for engagement, which is why I dropped a thorough back-to-basics summary.

        But I stand by the last part, I have read far, far too many posts across different sites from grown-ass men and women who struggle keeping the area between their legs from crusting over. There are men scared to touch their own asses and never wash lest they turn gay, and women who think getting water in their vagina will make them go to hell or pregnant or shit, and posts by the partners of these people who have no idea how to address it.

        We have a checked out generation relying on Grok and ChatGTP to tell them how to do basic human functions. I feel like this is a recipe for even worst outcomes somewhere down the road.

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        So you don’t smell like shit. Even a terrible parent will teach you at least that much.

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          I guess you missed the question and never had the experience then.

          Ever so rarely, sometimes some people have the rare chance to drop a perfectly healthy log, and their very first wipe came back clean.

          The question wasn’t about whether I should wipe my ass or not, there’s always that single safety check wipe anyways. The question was about a better diet with the goal of that hypothetical no-wipe, or at least reducing wipes, poo.

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            Then you’re right, I misunderstood. Sorry.

            To properly answer then, I’d be looking at indigestible or underdigested fats, particularly if it’s sticky or hard to clean.

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    Sugar free orange flavored metamucil. No joke. Mix up one or two spoonfuls each morning and in the next day or two your shits will start being magical.

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      Not entirely true. Metamucil, as it contains mostly soluble fiber, will help with regularity, but not with firmness. For firmer stools, thus “no wipe,” more INsoluble fiber is the way to go.

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    Always gotta wipe, just in case, but I rarely actually need to. No idea what I’m doing right so here’s some facts about my diet

    1. I drink a gallon+ between straight water, coffee, and flavored sparkling water (no calorie, aspartame-sweetened)

    2. My breakfast is usually cereal with 1% milk or bacon and eggs once a week.

    Ramen for lunch

    Pizza or pasta for dinner, with a vegetable side

    Fruits and whatnot are eaten intermittently as snacks.

    Hope this helps I guess its not the best diet but I’m always regular.

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          Not yet. I started boiling and pressing my Ramen into toilet paper though. Reduce, reuse, re-eat…

          /s 😂🤣💩

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        Eat enough that your body gets used to it?

        If I had to guess I’d say its based on the amount of water I drink, and maybe coffee poops keeping me regular, less about the diet itself.

        Dunno for sure, but I do know I have been so regular it was a surprise when someone told me a bidet reduces toilet paper usage, because I just didn’t believe it could do so. That’s because it can’t in my case. Takes me about as long to poop as it does to pee. Wish I could tell you what exactly I’m doing right but something is right.