2007-01-27 09:15:00 · 11 answers · asked by im_here_4_the_laughs 1 in Health ➔ Other - Health
SAMOOTCH...you're sitting on here waiting to answer questions for strangers, and you're telling ME to get a life?
Yeah. I'm so glad you're living the good life there, kid....
2007-01-27 09:21:20 · update #1
WHAT MAKES POOP FLOAT?
Surprisingly, not what you might think.
Conventional medical wisdom attributes Floaters to the amount of fat in your poop. While this IS true for certain diseases (cystic fibrosis, celiac disease, biliary atresia, abetalipoprotenimia and a few other weird sounding illnesses), it is NOT true for your run-of-the-mill healthy person.
Vegetarians would have you believe that the "perfect" stool (that is, one uncontaminated by the consumption of animal parts) is the Floater. Many vegetarians have spent their entire lives in the quest to produce perfection -- when in fact no particular diet can reliably produce Floaters. The vast majority of us bring forth Sinkers.
Sinkers really need a good P.R. person -- they have gotten a bad rap over the ages. Sure, Floaters are cute and all, but a good solid Sinker will never let you down.
BACK TO WHAT MAKES POOP FLOAT...
Actually, it is gas that does it. Increased levels of air and gas in the poop make it less dense, and cause it to float. Simple as that. Dietary changes can lead to an increase in the amount of gas produced by the bacteria that live in the gut, which is probably what the vegetarians are basing their whole "perfect stool" theory on. I don't know -- the whole time I was vegan I never consistently produced Floaters.
Then, after a couple of years, I grew disenchanted and yearned for a hamburger. And that was the end of Poonurse the Vegetarian.
WHY DOES IT MATTER?
Well, I'm a little unclear on that. It must matter greatly to a lot of people, or else they wouldn't take so much time to write to me about it. I guess it could matter if you are worried that you are sick or something.
If you have diarrheal-esque Floaters for more than two weeks, you may have a malabsorption problem -- a dysfunction of the GI tract that affects the body's ability to digest and absorb fat. Acute gastrointestinal infections can also result in increased gas content in the intestines, due to rapid movement of stool through the GI tract.
SO WHAT?
So I am forced to assume that Floaters are NOT the most desirable of all stools. Sinkers are by far more common. Don't spend your life chowing down on tofu burgers just because you think you are being cheated out of a Floater. Neither tofu burgers nor Floaters are worth the trouble. Sinkers are our destiny.
2007-01-27 09:19:40 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
High five!!!! I have no idea what could make it sink or float~I've noticed the same for myself. I've been told (not that this will do you any good) that when a woman is on her monthly that it floats and that when not~it sinks! I have no idea where my friend learned that but I have found it not to be very accurate!
2016-05-24 06:30:46 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Density determines if something floats or sinks. If something is less dense than the thing it is in, it will float.
Density is something's mass divided by it's volume.
A Marble is very dense... it's faily heavy for its size.
A ping pong ball is not dense. For it's entire volume, it is very light.
Normally your "poo" sinks because it is more dense than the water. Today it was less dense. It would be more or less dense based on how tightly it is packed together. Today it wasn't very loosely packed.
2007-01-27 09:19:28 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
To float, anything must have less density than water. Likewise, to float, your 'contribution' must have had a fair amount of air content - a result of bacterial action on what you ate that causes high amounts of methane production (flatulence!!). Some foods, such as baked beans, are famous for this!
2007-01-27 09:21:32 · answer #4 · answered by waynebudd 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Due to high levels of fat intake. When you eat fatty foods not all of it is taken in by your body so the rest ends up in your pooh to make it smell and float, cause fat floats.
2007-01-27 09:24:45 · answer #5 · answered by Michael K 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get a life,
2007-01-27 09:18:40 · answer #6 · answered by samootch 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When it floats it means you have alot of fiber in your diet. When it sinks it means you have none.
2007-01-27 09:19:45 · answer #7 · answered by Leneki 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
did you eat rice krispies for breakfast
2007-01-27 09:18:46 · answer #8 · answered by T Time 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i'm eating shut up
2007-01-27 09:18:49 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I guess you ate extra light.... lol.
2007-01-27 09:18:06 · answer #10 · answered by justmemimi 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋