India, March 31 -- In an era of high-tech health hacks, a gastroenterologist is going back to basics - or rather, back to the bathroom. In the March 30, 2026 episode of the Mel Robbins Podcast, Dr Trisha Pasricha, a gastroenterologist and physician-scientist at Harvard Medical School, shared a dirty little secret that people might not be prepared to handle. Also read | Mumbai urologist explains how the 'toilet paper you use daily' could increase your risk of urinary tract infections

According to Dr Pasricha, the standard 'American' reliance on dry toilet paper is fundamentally flawed: "I don't think toilet paper is the answer. What we really need is bidets (electric or non-electric toilet seats with water spray). And I know a lot of peop...