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A member asked:
Took a laxative bowel stimulant, my stool ended up yellow, is that from the laxative?
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Stool color is provided by the gut action on the ultra green bile added from the liver in transit. It starts out ultra dark green and transitions through shades of lighter green to yellows to browns. Metabolic changes triggered by the germs in the digestive tract change the color over time. The longer the poop stays in the gut, the more toward browns, the shorter, yellows or greens. It's normal.
Answered 9/26/2021
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