Hemorrhoids have a wide range of factors which favor their appearance in the human body and most of these factors are powerfully influenced by our modern lifestyles: eating too many processed foods, uncontrolled weight problems, being sedentary for long periods of time etc. As I’ve also stated my hemorrhoids causes article, one of this factors is also represented by the modern toilets which hinder our lower body during the bowel movement, thus increasing the risk for blood veins to become irritated.

It has even been proven scientifically that many populations which don’t have access to modern toilets and use the old fashioned squatting toilet instead, have a very low incidence of hemorrhoid affections compared to western countries. So in order to lower the risk of hemorrhoids you should take into consideration to give up the sitting toilet model and go for the squatting one instead. I know it doesn’t sound ‘civilized’ at all but it’s the best decision you can take for your body, health-wise.

There are several ways to go about changing your toilet from the sitting to the squatting position. The easiest and the most unobtrusive of them all is to install a support which is places in front of your toilet and which allows you to raise your feet during bowel movements to allow you to have a fetal position during the defecting process. One such support is the Welles Step which is simply placed in front of the toilet and which can easily be removed if necessary.

Another way you can have a squatting toilet is simply to remove your sitting toilet and install a new one. This solution will prove to be a little bit more pricy but it will offer the best position for your bowels and it allows you to achieve a perfect fetal position. These kinds of toilets are also known as ‘Turkish toilets’ or ‘eastern toilets’ and they are not that easy to find as they are considered not to be ‘civilized’ enough. However, you should be able to find plenty of suppliers if you look carefully. Even Amazon has a few models for sale which you can see if you click here.

Squatting toilets have proven their benefits over the western ones and having one in your home will definitely help you not only by decreasing the chances of hemorrhoids to appear, but also in many other aspects such as: helping your legs to get a small workout every time you use it, you’ll also need less water for flushing, germs will have fewer places to hide are there are no rims and crannies. However realize that a complete hemorrhoid treatment does not only lie in one aspect of the problem. You should also focus on other things like your diet, daily exercises, drinking lots of water, etc.