Rarely pooping leads to mental decline - aka diarrhea leads to ADHD (www.cnn.com)

submitted 1 year ago by BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works to c/adhd@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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As we all know correlation equals causation, and you can always extrapolate from a trend seen in a single research project.

Throwaway any and all ideas you have from that scientific theory course you had to take in university.

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[-] Tedrow@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

I'd definitely like to see more research into topics such as this. Gut health definitely has an impact on the brain, but the headline is a big stretch and looking for clicks. Never trust media corps with science news.

[-] BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago

Which headline? CNN's or mine? Because my headline is definitely tongue in cheek

[-] Nemo@midwest.social 3 points 1 year ago

in cheek

Now is that one "pun intended"?

[-] BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Not if there's diarrhea involved... Actually not at all

[-] Tedrow@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

I was referring to CNNs headline.

[-] Dangy@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Your gut has more neurons than your brain.

[-] CameronDev@programming.dev 7 points 1 year ago

I have Crohn's disease and my partner thinks I have ADHD, so that basically confirms your theory. What more data could you want?

[-] BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 year ago

A shit load...

I'm sorry, I'll see myself out

[-] Lilith02@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I have dietary track issues myself and only poop ~1-3 times per week. At my worst I went about 2 weeks between poos. I also have adhd. It is clear this research is 100% true.

[-] CameronDev@programming.dev 3 points 1 year ago

I think your data point disproves the original claim, which was more pooping == ADHD. Given your data point disproves the claim, I say we ignore it. Science. :D