Three-quarters of your poop consists of water and most of the rest is food your body didn’t digest. Once it exits the digestive system, poop is usually a shade of brown, regardless of the appearance ...

The color of your poop (stool) can provide clues about diseases or conditions affecting the digestive tract. Some of the causes are harmless, like eating colored foods or taking certain medications, ...

Frequency is another important indicator of health. Most people poop once a day, but the NHS advises that it’s normal to ...

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com. Why is my poop brown? – Ethan J., age 9, Potomac ...

Common symptoms are changes in stool appearance and texture. Normally, stool is brown, but people with bile duct cancer may have pale or clay-colored stools that are oily and float in water. Also ...

Sometimes, you cant help but notice that instead of brown poop, what youve just dumped into the toilet has a distinctly green twinge. It might even have a St. Patricks Day type of bright neon green ...