PremiumBethany ReitsmaSenior Lifestyle Writer·NZ Herald·31 May, 2026 08:00 PM6 mins to read“We have such a stigma and shame around this one aspect of our health that is the gateway to the rest of our body," says Dr Trisha Pasricha. Does going to the toilet stress you out?It might sound like a silly question but, according to one expert, as many as 40% of us find that our daily lives are disrupted by our bowel habits.
Dr Trisha Pasricha, a US gastroenterologist and assistant professor of medicine at Harvard












