THE LOO THAT GIVES DIET TIPS

WHAT’S IT ALL ABOUT?

THE Wellness Toilet by Japanese firm Toto analyses the user’s ‘key outputs’ to provide recommendations on ways to improve their health. It’s linked to an app that warns you if your diet is unbalanced and makes suggestions on how to improve it – by eating more fibre, for example. Sensors in the seat also record the user’s pulse and blood pressure.

HOW DOES IT WORK?

TOTO says the loo uses biosensors to analyse waste. People with poor gut health are well known to be at increased risk of serious conditions such as heart disease, Alzheimer’s and even depression – and a Korean study published last week found they may also be more likely to suffer from severe Covid symptoms.

WHEN CAN I GET IT?

BILL Strang, US chief of Toto, says the launch of the toilet, which is still in prototype stage, is ‘a year or two down the road’. toto.com