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A member asked:
I ate about 12 oz home made ketchup consists of tomato paste in the last 24 hours. tonight my stool was significantly red but not blood, i hope/think?
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Red stool: Shalom,given what you ate, there is no question that it is the tomatoes and NPOT blood. Beets can also do this to your stool.
Answered 4/26/2020
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