How often do Eskimos poop?
Just wondering about the traditional diet; I assume they eat lots of meat, fish, and blubber and very little roughage.
For 2 1/2 years I strictly followed a diet that allowed only 30 carbs a day. I was a daily pooper before that diet and the same during (and after) that diet. No special efforts (extra water, laxatives etc) were necessary.
The joys of studying Eskimo elimination:
Jeez, I misread that at first and thought you said 30 calories a day. I was like, “How are you still alive?”
FWIW ( it’s anecdotal ) some of my acquaintances where I work got into this low carb diet thing. It was like a fad that swept through the place.
They all eventually quit the regimen and said the same thing to me, and I’ll paraphrase:
“Yeah I was losing weight…but I couldn’t sh*t”.
When I was doing low carbs, flax seeds helped me to poop.
Not directly relevant, but I’m looking for an excuse to share this fun paper. I can view it so I assume it’s open access. 2020 Ig Nobel Materials Science winner.
Experimental replication shows knives manufactured from frozen human feces do not work
The supplemental material has images and it’s not as gross as you’d expect!
Not a lot of data points, but one author went on a protein-heavy diet and one on a western diet. 3 times in one day. To actually answer the question, you’d need a baseline from each participant.
Did they eat the three meals before or after the diet?
PS: I have an idea for tabulating the calory content of feaces in relation to diets and slimming that I hope gets me an Ig-Nobel mention some day, if I ever find anyone willing to perform it. Feel free to PM me if you have a suggestion.
Yeah, but Mythbusters Adam Savage proved you can polish a turd.
Sorry, to clarify one one day he pooped 3 times but usually. Technically “collected” and could’ve potentially skipped collection, but I assume not. There’s a word doc towards the bottom with a list, but don’t expect thorough rigor.
The traditional Inuit diet does include many meat and fish sources, but it also includes, berries, grasses, tubers and seaweed.
Some people poop three times a day and others three times a week. A third of the nerves in your body supply the gut. Diet is a factor, but this probably depends on season, preference, stress, age and proximity to town. I suspect people everywhere are less different than sometimes supposed.
Most vegetables are low carb and high fiber - sounds like they were just eating meat and cheese.
You could have posted it here:
So if someone says “This knife is shit”, it might simply be a statement of fact, rather than a critical evaluation?
On January 2, 1997 I started the Atkins Diet. I stopped on September 21, 2000. My weight loss hovered between 45-55 pounds.
Metamucil was my friend. That and an amazing amount of water/ clear fluids every day. Coupled with Tae Kwon Do 2-3 times a week, the weight stayed off and my bloodwork was about as good as it had ever been.
I miss those days. AND that body !!! 
Eskimo do eat berries, etc, and often the contents of reindeer stomachs. Not to mention lots of fat moves your bowels quite nicely.