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American here. I've always heard that you should see a doctor (or at least try upping your fiber intake) if you don't poop at least once a day on average.
As mentioned in other comments, the United States' climate ranges from tropical to arctic depending on location, so your teacher's explanation is nonsensical. Either your teacher was an idiot, a jokester, or you misinterpreted/misremembered what she said.
Anything from 3 times a day to once each 3 days should be considered normal/healthy unless there are reasons to expect other intervals.
What the fuck?
No. Though to be fair, I don't live in the cold part of the US.
So sorry to hear that shitty education is not unique to us.
Why did I think I'd want to read these comments?
If Americans poop less, it is due to lower fiber content in their diets.
I live in Canada, so by this argument I should be packing my shit even more densely due to the cold. And yet by eating a diet that includes enough fruits and veggies I manage to take a dump every morning.
The climate is colder in North America
It's gonna be 81f (27c) where I live today, and it's not even summer yet. At the peak of summer, we regularly get temperatures over 100f (~38c). We've even seen 111f (43.8c) in my state, and I don't live in the hottest state, not by a long shot. Your teacher was incredibly ignorant.
It does get really cold here in the winter, but thankfully humans have developed these things called heaters, so it's not cold indoors. I go from my heated house, to my heated garage, get into my car (which also has heat), and drive to my heated workplace, or the heated supermarket. Then I do the same trip in reverse. I'm only exposed to the extreme cold for 2-3 minutes the whole trip.
As far as shitting, I have IBS-D. I'd be so fucking happy if I could manage to only shit once a day. On bad days, I'm on the toilet 10-12 times.
If only. But sadly it's never been less than twice a week for me, even when I was vegan.
i am shitting right now. i shit abt 2 times a day. usually between 3 and 5 on the bristol scale. sometimes 6 if i had a bad lunch.
Yes, this is why Americans are so full of shit.
Same reason as why Americans blow the toilet after going to Taco Bell:
FIBRE
Y’all just eat meat and cheese. No fibre, thus you’re always constipated.
Not normally but fiber is often lacking in the diet. Has no relation to cold. If you have seen the bbc bear gryllis thing with folks on islands the reason they can't poop is they did not find the fiber stuff and only lived on meat.
