I’ve heard that going once a day is normal, but is it bad if I poop every few days? Should I be concerned if my poop is sometimes a strange color? What’s really “normal” for bowel movements? A general ...

Different stool colors can mean different things, mostly depending on what you’ve eaten. You’d probably notice if your poop is a different hue than normal. But what does it mean if it’s green? What ...

Last week, fans of the new Oreo Peeps discovered that eating a lot of the cookies—a vanilla shell with bright-pink filling—left them with an unexpected surprise in the toilet: pink poops. People can’t ...

Orange stools can be caused by foods that are orange in color (either natural or artificial color, which tends to last much longer and have deeper color). Orange poop can also happen after taking ...

Black poop can be caused by foods or medications. Stool may also be black becasue of blood in the digestive tract, known as melena. A small drop of red blood is usually due to minor hemorrhoids but ...

It can be alarming when you go to the toilet for your daily business and notice that the color of your stool has changed. If you’ve introduced a new vitamin, mineral, or other type of supplement into ...