What Your Stool Says About Your Health
We all poop. It’s one of the few reminders we get about our health on a daily basis and yet, we don’t pay much attention to it. Not only that, but we also don’t like to talk about it. Here are the things to consider about your stool.
How Often Do You Poop?
The research suggests you should poop every day. In fact, the range of “normal” is typically 1-3 times a day. Poop is waste and you need to get rid of it every single day to make sure that you’re properly removing toxins and other waste material that have to be excreted.
If you find yourself pooping only a couple of times a week, it could be constipation or on the other hand, going 5+ times a day, you could be at risk of health problems like diarrhoea, enteritis, etc
Are You Pushing Too Hard?
How easy is it for you to poop? Are you pushing too Hard? A “normal” poop shouldn’t take but a few minutes. This isn’t childbirth… it should be easy! Pushing typically leads to hemorrhoids.
Normal poops strike a balance between not having to push or strain, but also not having so much urgency you barely can hold it. If you’re spending 10+ minutes on the toilet or running to make it just in time, you’re not having normal bowel movemement.
Is your poop colour the normal brownish colour?
Here is abnormal stool colours;

1. Black stool
If your stool is black in color, it could mean that there is a bleeding in the upper gastrointestinal tract, most probably in the stomach area. Possible dietary causes might be due to iron supplements, black licorice or even bismuth subsalicylate, an anti-diarrhea medicine known to cause black stools.
2. Green stool
Green stool is an indication that your food might be passing through your intestines too quickly and that the bile does not have enough time to be broken down. Possible causes of this could be too much leafy vegetables or ingesting too much green coloring.
3. Light or white colored stool
If your stool is white in color, it could mean that there is not enough bile produced in your stool and it might indicate that there is a blockage in your bile duct. This might be caused by anti-diarrhea medicine or other medications.
4. Yellow or greasy stool
Yellow and greasy stool and sometimes even foul-smelling can be indicators that there is too much fat in your diet. Or it could also mean that there is a malabsorption disorder which is caused by lactose intolerance, intestinal damage or even celiac disease – which means your body is hypersensitive to gluten, hence resulting in a difficulty to digest food.
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