The Color Check You Should Not Skip Healthy poop is usually medium to dark brown. That tells you digestion is doing its job.

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, ...

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 ...

We parents tend to end up dealing with more poop than we ever imagined — but what do all those different baby poop colors even mean? After all, if you’re a new parent, chances are you’re facing more ...

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 ...

There isn’t a one-size-fits-all answer for how often you should poop, but when it comes to what color your stool should be, expert consensus is much narrower. And deviations from it can be a cause for ...

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 ...

Most new parents will agree — the amount of thought and conversation surrounding a new baby's bowel movements is . . . plentiful. And probably surprising. With limited options for communication with a ...

The ugliest color in the world is the color of poo, according to research. Probably true. Look at it. A study confirmed that this greenish brown hue is the most unsightly color; it is generally ...

We parents tend to end up dealing with more poop than we ever imagined — but what do all those different baby poop colors even mean? After all, if you’re a new parent, chances are you’re facing more ...