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A member asked:

What's better, is it to have a poop with bad smell or a poop with no smell ,and why ?

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Dr. Hunter Handsfield answered

Specializes in Infectious Disease

No difference: Feces odor depends moslty on diet -- some foods generate more odor than others -- and transit time; in general, foods that pass more quickly generate more odor. With rare exceptions, more or less odor makes no difference in health. Unless there is a consistent change associated with increased BM frequency, don't worry about it.

Answered 11/29/2015

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