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Restoring Digestive Regularity

Like Duolingo, but for Restoring Digestive Regularity. Tomo turns the whole topic into a game you play five minutes a day, until it actually sticks.

For the part of you with thirty open tabs that never became anything.

24 bite-size levelsAbout 5 minutes each

Free during early access · No credit card · iPhone & Android

Gilly the Gut-Guide
Restoring Digestive Regularity
with Gilly the Gut-Guide
24
Levels
4
Sections
5
Min/day
What you'll learn

Key ideas in Restoring Digestive Regularity

  • The puborectalis muscle creates a kink in the rectum when sitting at 90 degrees
  • The gastrocolic reflex triggers massive colonic contractions after eating
  • Elevating knees above hips to a 35-degree angle relaxes the muscle 'chokehold'
  • Morning motility is naturally higher due to circadian rhythms
  • Squatting straightens the anorectal angle for a friction-less exit
  • High-calorie or warm meals most effectively stimulate the urge to go
  • Applying the correct posture to resolve mechanical obstruction
  • Identifying the peak physiological window for bowel movement
  • The rectum reabsorbs water from stalled stool
  • Diaphragmatic breathing expands the belly
  • Ignoring the urge leads to rectal hyposensitivity
  • Applying the correct posture
  • Making a low 'Moo' sound prevents throat closing
  • Consequences of delaying evacuation
  • Identifying the peak physiological window
  • Excessive pressure causes hemorrhoidal veins to swell and prolapse
Why not just Google it

You've tried the other tabs

Wikipedia

Thirty open tabs. Four facts you actually kept.

YouTube

You watched. You nodded. By Sunday it was gone.

ChatGPT

One answer, then back to scrolling.

Online courses

Eight weeks. You meant to finish. You didn't.

Tomo gives Restoring Digestive Regularity the Duolingo treatment: levels, streaks, and quick quizzes that test what you just learned. That game loop is what the tabs above never had, so it's the one you actually finish.

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Here's what playing it feels like

A real question from this course. Take your best guess.

Straightening the Slide

What is the name of the 'automatic signal' that tells your colon to start squeezing right after a meal?

Get it right to open this lesson and 23 more in the app.

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Where Restoring Digestive Regularity takes you

Move beyond basic fiber advice to understand the mechanics, motility, and muscle coordination required to overcome chronic constipation and reclaim your natural rhythm.

  1. 1

    The Mechanics of the Urge

    • Optimizing the Physical Act
    • Decoding Your Transit Time
  2. 2

    Strategic Intake and Motility

    • Fiber Ratios and Titration
    • Navigating Laxatives and Aids
  3. 3

    The Neuromuscular Connection

    • Pelvic Floor Coordination
    • The Gut-Brain Axis and Motility
  4. 4

    Long-Term Restoration

    • Microbiome and Short-Chain Fatty Acids
    • Designing a Resilient Routine

4 sections · 8 units · 24 levels. Built to play, not to enroll.

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