Eggs & Poo poos

[Priesty]

Does eating too many eggs affect your ability to pass a stool?

[blueeyedlass]

eating too many boiled eggs can bung you up.

[Englishbird]

Eggs will 'bind' you - doesn't matter how they're cooked.

[Priesty]

So if you're going to a music festival with inadequate toilet facilities, the key is to binge on eggs

[mfewell]

Know what you're saying. Take Imodium ? Friend of mine took it before running in the London Marathon.

[acw]

But generally avoid immodium like the plague.  If you've got the squits, it's cos there's something in your body that needs to get out quick.  It's better just to let it out.  So to speak.  :-S

My Mum always said "eggs is binding" but I don't know how many you'd have to eat in a week to get truly constipated.  I personally don't fancy finding out either!!!

[acw]

PS - Obviously if you've got something important on, like a marathon or something, then sometimes you've just gotta take it!! I wasn't meaning to question mfewell's comments.  :-)

[mfewell]

Yes that's right, I meant it as a one-off prophylactic to address an unusual situation. There are occasions when urgent no. 2s would be most inconvenient. I even thought about raising a whole thread but it is rather unsavoury. Like when you've just boarded the London Eye, or are up in a balloon for a long flight, or stuck in a 25-mile jam, or at an outdoor music festival. Is it worth a separate thread ? It worries more people than will dare admit.

[acw]

I'd say not, because people really shouldn't start mucking with their system with drugs unless necessary.  If they've already got the squits but are booked on a balloon/eye flight, they will either cancel or take immodium. 

If people want to play safe in advnace, I'd rather they stuck to eating eggs - at least it's a natural remedy.  :-)

I know you weren't advocating mucking about with systems with drugs, but people won't take all advice responsibly and people might end up ill. 

Totally up to you though - if you have more faith in people, then post away.  Cheers for your post by the way.  For now I'm happy in careers, CB, and the body & soul/eggy fart section.

That's a point - why is it, that if eggs are binding, they make people do very smelly farts!?

[cat woman]

I may be wrong, but I thought eating alot of cheese bungs up your system also!  Myself I dont eat either. :-)

[Priesty]

If only I'd known the consequence of my actions I wouldn't have posted the question. I once ate a packet whole packet of cheese strings and became constipated. I should have used Califig because thats the fruity way to ease constipation

[acw]

Cheese also stops you getting drunk so quickly - I know, they did it on Spooks and everything we see on the TV is true! :-p

Seriously though, it does work.  My Mum used to make be eat a baked potato topped with cheese before I went to the pub when I was 17 or so.  Loved her work to be honest - let me go underage drinking but make sure as hell I won't end up drunk! :-)

[burnhal]

I find the legs tend to get caught up.................