The Footstool supports your feet up off the floor when you are seated on the toilet.
This positions your body so that you are squatting on the toilet; supporting the abdominal wall and the bowel as we bear down encourages a more complete bowel evacuation.
Health Step – The toilet VS the footstool
Information from the Detoxification Permachart:
The Footstool supports your feet up off the floor when you are seated on the toilet. This positions your body so that you are squatting on the toilet; supporting the abdominal wall and the bowel as we bear down encourages a more complete bowel evacuation.
Those who use the Health Step (or footstool) have fewer hernias, anal fissures, varicose veins, and use fewer laxatives. It can be used by men and women of all ages; pregnant women may find it especially comforting and relieving.
The Modern Toilet was designed without fully understanding the human anatomy. The design causes us to leave major areas of the abdominal wall unsupported as we bear down; we therefore cannot fully eliminate. Dr. John Chiene discovered toilet users suffered from incomplete elimination compared with squatting position users. He actually weighed and compared his own fecal mass passed on the toilet with that passed in a squatting position; he found that he always eliminated less weight when he used the toilet alone!
In many countries, toilets are made so that people squat when they move their bowels.
Benefits are many; Complete bowel evacuation, freedom from laxatives, fewer hernias, hemorrhoids, and varicose veins, cleaner bloodstream, and vibrant health are just a few of the benefits of the Health Step Footstool!