Using the phone while you poop greatly raises hemorrhoid risk, new study says
Using the phone while you poop greatly raises hemorrhoid risk, new study says
Using the phone while you poop greatly raises hemorrhoid risk, new study says | CNN
This new research provides concrete evidence of what many have long suspected: People lose track of time in the bathroom when they have their phones, said Dr. Trisha Pasricha, the study’s senior author, a gastroenterologist at Massachusetts General Hospital and an instructor at Harvard Medical School.
All this scrolling is messing with people’s health.
“The entire business model of these social media apps is to distract us, make us lose track of time and addict us to the algorithm,” Pasricha said. “We’re just now understanding how much smartphones impact lots of other factors in our lives.”
not to defend smart phones, but I used to read books on the toilet before phones became popular and never had a problem. What's different about a phone?
Books weren't designed to be addictive and make you lose track of time.
FTA:
Maybe not all books, but a good book is, to me, quite addictive and causes me to lose track of time.
After reading the article though, I'm realizing I'm not a typical bathroom user. I've always had digestive issues unrelated to books and cell phones, so my loo time is much longer than average, it seems. I must be one of those 7%.
I always used to read the paper (remember those?) or a magazine on the bog. I don't think I'm spending more time there since I've had a brainrotting device.