DAILY Echo, August 28, Don’t suffer in silence has introduced open season on this subject.

Please search ‘potty posture’ and ‘squatty potty’ in order to avoid constipation, which can increase the risk of IBS, diverticulosis, cancer and appendicitis.

The classic 175-year-old Western toilet may be in part responsible for increasing bowel and pelvic problems.

Squatting straightens your rectum, relaxes your muscles and allows complete emptying without straining, which prevents faecal stagnation and the accumulation of toxins in the intestinal tract.

Non-Westernised societies, in which people squat, do not have the high prevalence of bowel disease seen in developed nations.

MRS G A HOLLOWAY, Locks Heath.