Expert explains how often you should be pooing in a day

It's a question we've all asked ourselves at least once: how often should we poo?

Well, if you aren't sure just how regular you should be, then this is the story for you.

He said that a poll revealed 55 percent of people relieve themselves once a day, 32.4 percent go twice each day and around 10 percent poop three times a day - which is some going.

But who's right in all of this?

Well, according to Dr Tim, they all are. Yep, anything from three times a day to three times a week is considered normal.

However, he did also point out that some participants claimed to be going to the toilet five times a day, while others noted that they only went once a week.

The Big IF study also added that hydration, diet, exercise and stress levels can impact how often you go to the toilet.

The point here is that it varies greatly from person to person.

However, a person's gut transit time, which is the time it takes for food to be digested, also has a huge impact.

Dr Tim says the average transit time in the UK is 28 hours.

Now that we've got to the bottom of how often we should be pooing, what about how many times we should wipe ourselves after we're done?

A huge relief for a lot of us.

"So it is essentially when too much faecel matter stays at the entrance of the anus even after you have finished your poo."

She went on: "A technique that you can use to reduce the number of times you wipe is by squeezing your pelvic floor in a waterfall formation.

"So start by squeezing the anus 20 percent, then 50 percent, 80 percent, and 100 percent so that you have squeezed it four times at the end of your poo."