While much attention is given to what we eat, less focus is placed on the output of our digestive system—poop. However, understanding your stool can provide significant insights into your health, diet ...

Experts share the different sizes, shapes, and consistencies that your stool can take, plus what your poop texture means for the health of your digestive system.

A functional medicine doctor and a gastroenterologist share their checklist for what a healthy poop should look like. Does yours check these four boxes? People say that perfection is overrated.

It may seem a little, er, TMI—but the truth is that the color of your poop offers quite a bit of insight into your overall gut health, so it’s worth taking a look. And while there can be a range of ...

The next time you go number two, you should take a peek in the toilet. (You should actually be doing this after every bowel movement, doctors say.) While certain things such as blood in your poop and ...

A "ghost poop" isn't a bowel movement you should fear — it's something to aim for. Antonio Hugo Photo via Getty Images “Ghost poops” might sound like an inherently scary type of bowel movement, but ...