...or you wouldn't read it.
Have some cubes of medium cheddar & prepare to be fascinated....Had enough time to enjoy your cheese?
Under the category of things you never knew (oreos?):
Causes of black colored poop
acidified blood
blood from higher in the digestive tract
iron supplements or foods high in iron
Pepto-Bismol or other medicines containing bismuth
black licorice
large amounts of spinach or other greens
blueberries
aspirin
other foods dark in color such as chocolate sandwich cookies (Oreos)
Causes of red colored poop
blood
hemorrhoids
red gelatin, popsicles, or Kool-Aid
tomato juice or soup
large amounts beetsCauses of pale or clay colored stools
lack of bile salt (bile salt gives stool its brownish color)
antacids containing aluminum hydroxide
barium from a recent barium enema test
hepatitis
Causes of green poop
large amounts of green, leafy vegetables
green or purple artificial coloring (popsicles, Kool-Aid, gelatin)
iron supplements
rapid transit or decreased colonic transit time
Causes of orange poop
some medications (such as beta-carotene and rifampen)
foods high in beta-carotene: carrots, sweet potatoes, apricots, winter squash, pumpkin, cantaloupe, and mangoes
Seriously, who has all these poop colors??????
Thank you, about.com: http://ibscrohns.about.com/cs/otherdiseases/a/stoolcolors.htm
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*vomits cheddar cheese*
Not hungry ever again.
I mean really, if you don't want me to steal all your cheese you could just say something. You don't need to post that.
*giggle* I love to talk about poop. *grin*
I just ate sweet potatoes this weekend. My poop did not change colors.
There is also a drink called Tattoo. It is a schnapps type of drink and it comes in blue, red and yellow. After a night of drinking this, it turns your poop different colors. Frightening unless you are expecting it. *grin*
*puts away the yellow banana schnaaaaaaaaaaaps*
Carey, I had sweet potatoes this weekend as well! And last night!
I, ummm, maybe saw a little change yesterday.
Peeps seem to love poop post. LOL!
I made sweet potato fries. Maybe I didn't eat enough to notice a change.
Maybe I will conduct an experiment. Tkit had them twice and maybe noticed a change. I will eat them three times and see if there is a change. *grin*
Well crap!
So what color was your poop?
See I kenew all thsi already! My kids have all sorts of colors because they get on kicks of certain foods.
Blueberries is definately one of the biggest culprits of nasty poop.
Does it smell in this blog?
My sister has Crohn's disease.
We are very close and talk about almost everything, but somehow the topic of poop colors has never come up. Thank Cod!
I would guess that peeps with that disease (or others like it) need to monitor the colors more closely.
*vomits*
Kim, I love your blog. But today?
WORST.
POST.
EVER.
Medium cheddar? You could have at least given us some extra sharp Vermont Cabot cheddar!
Poop!
*grin* *kerploosh*
I knew this post would be a great divider!
FTR, I had sweet potatoes this weekend also.
I made everyone think about pooping. That makes me giggle.
My son's poop was lime to army green for 6 months once. I don't know why, it just was. I don't know what color it is now because I no longer have to clean up after him.
I don't poop daily.
My mom used to use cheese so she could poop.
Aw damn, gotta go to the little girls room.
**runs from smell**
I decide to spend my lunch hour in the office so I could catch up on the blogs, and this is what I find? Gee, thanks!
Oh, and Carey likes to talk about gas, too. She called me yesterday to tell me she had gas. *rolls eyes*
So you're saying eating causes poop? I already knew that and I really don't care what the colors are.
What I hate are those damn robotic toilets that flush repeatedly while you're doing your doody. Like, I have no idea what color I pooped this mornig because I was at the grocery store and the berserk auto-toilet flushed & flushed & flushed & flushed. It even flushed at me after I had exited the stall!
We need photos!!!
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