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Is loose stool normal after eating salad?
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YES: Salad is uncooked vegetable with high fiber. It draws fluid from the intestinal wall into the lumen. Sometimes too much salad intake can cause diarrhea, and you would see undigested salad in the stool.
Answered 7/3/2019
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