It’s a bit of a taboo subject, something that a rare few will admit too, but according to new research, there are an awful lot of benefits to peeing in the shower.
The two greatest amongst them are you can simultaneously improve the environment and your sex life.
According to the Environmental Protection Agency, toilet flushing accounts for about 27% of water usage. According to Mic, standard toilets use about 6 litres of water per flush, while older toilets use between 14 and 26 litres. Now if everyone were to embrace a morning piddle in their shower, we could save a massive amount of water.
In 2014, students at the University of East Anglia discovered that if every student in the university relieved themselves during their morning wash, the university would save enough water to fill 26 Olympic size swimming pools in a mere year.
That’s pretty impressive. Not only that, but you can also impact the environment massively by saving on toilet paper. Say if on average you use 10 squares of toilet paper per wipe and if your toilet roll contains on average 500 squares of paper, peeing in the shower just once a day will save you a roll of toilet paper every 50 days.
And as for your sex life?
Well, fascia specialist Lauren Roxburgh says it’s pretty obvious. Speaking to Goop she said squatting in the shower to pee will relax and strengthen pelvic floor muscles will which lead to better control and better sex.
“The pelvic floor is one of the body’s primary stress containers,” she said.
“That pit in the base of your stomach is your pelvic floor in a permanent clutch.”
She continued:
“When you squat to pee as opposed to sitting up straight on the toilet, you automatically engage your pelvic floor and it naturally stretches and tones. Because your urethra is pointed straight down in this position all you have to do is relax for urine to flow out easily—as opposed to sitting up straight and having to strain to empty your bladder.”
