It's important to know what is absolutely *not* normal so you can seek help and get your GI tract back on track.
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How often do you have to poop?
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It’s time to chat. No we’re not talking about gossiping about the drama of the latest episode of a Bravo reality show; we’re talking about poop. Feces. Stool. Whatever you want to call it and however uncomfortable it feels to talk about it we should be doing it a lot more often suggests Will Bulsiewicz MD a gastroenterologist in Charleston South Carolina and the author of The Fiber Fueled Cookbook.
“Pooping is a bit of a taboo subject but everyone does it and it’s extremely important for our health” says Bulsiewicz. He says that how often you poop is related to intestinal transit time or how long what you eat stays inside you. Bulsiewicz points out that transit time is linked to changes in the gut microbiome citing a 2021 study published in the journal Gut.
