Nick NorwitzMD PhD, Oxford-Harvard | Metabolic Health Educator | “Stay Curious”

Why the Squatty Potty Changed My Life (And My Digestive Health)

29 Jun 2025 · 1 min

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In this short YouTube monologue, the speaker references the viral "Unicorn" Squatty Potty advertisement and explains why most people’s toilet posture—sitting with knees level with hips—causes a sling‑shaped pelvic‑floor muscle to tighten around the rectum, impeding a smooth bowel movement. By elevating the feet with a Squatty Potty, an overturned wastebasket, or stacked books, the tension is released, allowing a more complete and easier defecation. The speaker declares the Squatty Potty the single best inexpensive health‑promoting device they own, emphasizing its practical, low‑cost benefit for digestive health.

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Squatty Potty. If you haven't seen this ad, "This Unicorn Changed the Way I Poop," look it up. It's hilarious and has earned its 42 million views. But seriously, most people don't poop optimally. When you sit with your knees level with your hips, as modern toilets encourage, a sling-shaped muscle of the pelvic floor tightens around the rectum, choking it. This slows your bowel movements. But elevating your feet using a Squatty Potty or just overturned wastebaskets or even some stacked books, this releases the tension and makes pooping easier and more complete. My Squatty Potty is probably the single best cheap health-promoting device I own.