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A member asked:
Can beets change my bm color? i had some beets in a salad and notice my stool is leaching red.
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Yes: If you havent eating beets or other dark red foods in a week and your stools are still red then have your md check for blood.
Answered 1/22/2018
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Absolutely!: Beets and red kool-aid turn stool red. Fruit loops turns stool green. Pepto bismol (bismuth subsalicylate) and iron tablets turn stool black. You may even see blue stool after eating a cake with a lot of very blue frosting. If it is a food, the stool color change will only be the one time. Worry about any stool color change that continues -- blood, cancer, hemorrhoids, inflammation can cause big trouble!
Answered 3/2/2016
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