Ruminations on Japanese Culture #4: "Almost EVERYBODY gets constipated in Japan. Even the Japanese."

I googled constipation for reasons I won't get into here and found this rather amusing forum devoted to the subject. Apparently it's white rice all the time hat helps create this problem. Here's the link: https://forum.gaijinpot.com/forum/living-in-japan/health-fitness/1541-constipation. In addiition, I couldn't help but share the picture below which is a REAL product.