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If you have a few bowel movements in a day, but it's not diarrhea- can that cause you to lose nutrients from food you ate?
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No: you will not lose nutrients by having multiple bowel movements per day. If stools are watery, you can become dehydrated, lose electrolytes and minerals, and it could mean you are not absorbing nutrients properly; however if consistency is normal then there is no need to worry
Answered 10/25/2016
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