Advice: The frequency and color of poop can vary widely. Most of the time, they shouldn’t cause alarm. 💩
With so many factors at play, there isn’t a one-size-fits-all approach to normal stool frequency. But there are some important features about bowel movements you should know to be considered healthy.Once-a-day bowel movement is great for many people. But the key to a healthy stool frequency is that however often it happens, it should be comfortable and occur in a socially appropriate context.
If you consistently have a bowel movement once a day, but to do so, you have to strain significantly, take four laxatives in the morning, and never feel like you’ve quite … evacuated … everything, then I’d say there is a problem. You shouldn’t be scrolling through TikTok for 30 minutes while trying to poop . If this sounds like you, speak with your doctor about ways to have easier bowel movements.
So if you find that your bathroom habits are comfortable and don’t hold you back socially, then poop in peace, even if it’s not always precisely once per day.Usually, but not always, our stool is some shade of brown. But when you see poop of other colors, it’s very common to wonder what that means. Most of the time, it’s nothing to worry about and probably a result of what you ate and how your body processed it.The main colors I become concerned about are red, maroon and tarry black.
But most other hues are variations of normal and related to fluctuations in your diet. When I hear about these colors, I usually react as follows:
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