Health benefits of squat toilets

In praise of squatting: Benefits of squatting.
Not only the squatting system of toilets provides better sanitary requirements, there are health benefits of the squatting positions of defecation or toileting.
An elegant study was performed by Sikirov (2003) published in the prestigious “Digestive diseases and sciences” journal to identify the best defecation process by comparing the straining [...]