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Had tomatoes sat sun. on tues had can pasta sauce. was constipated so ate triskets last nite. 1st bm today had what looked like a piece of tomato skin on t paper. other bm's today gold brown. normal?

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Dr. John Munshower answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

Fine: Several foods can be more "non-digestible" than others, for example the 'skin' of certain food, such as tomatoes or corn classically, which can then be seen in the stool. This is a normal occurrence. Expect you stools to soon turn back to their normal consistency as your diet dictates. Best wishes.

Answered 3/22/2014

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Often you do not: Digest tomato skins.So as long as bm's are ok nothing to worry about.

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