While it may not be a typical dinner table topic, there is technically a best time of the day to poop and it can have surprising effects on your digestive health, mood, and overall well-being. Backed ...

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 ...

Gastroenterologists share what your stool’s buoyancy can reveal about your digestion, diet, and overall health.

You love to jet set — but you don’t love the way your gut gets upset. It’s quite a bummer to struggle with constipation, traveler’s diarrhea or indigestion while on vacation. Not everyone is a regular ...

That’s because many of these so-called “bad” foods contain fibers, natural sugars and bioactive compounds that draw water into the intestines, feed beneficial bacteria or st ...

Whether you call it poop, No. 2 or a bowel movement, it’s about time we got more comfortable talking about it. As the kids’ book taught us: Everyone Poops. Our stool can share secrets about everything ...

Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with more than 20 years of experience in consumer-facing health and wellness content. It may not come up in everyday conversation, but ...