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QuickToire toilet seats reduce your time on the toilet. Goodbye haemorrhoids!

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StartupRealities No 9 QuickToire Limited (quick "toilet" in Japanese) is a manufacturer of Japanese-style high-end toilets and toilet seats that reduce the time users spend sitting on the toilet through behavioural nudging techniques (unpleasant noise and electricity), thus significantly reducing the incidence of haemorrhoids. SCIENCE Modern research recommends spending less time on the toilet and avoiding reading on the toilet in order to minimise the likelihood of developing haemorrhoids . There is a pronounced differences in haemorrhoid prevalence rates between two types of countries: those using modern (sitting) toilets record high haemorrhoid prevalence, while those using squat toilets register low percentages of haemorrhoids in the population. Two key factors lead to these differences. Firstly, people spend longer on sitting toilets than on squat toilets. Secondly, when using a sitting toilet, the pressure is concentrated on the anal muscles; while when using a sq...