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A 39-year-old female asked:
How light brown is too light for normal stool? mine is darker than a caramel candy but lighter than a milk chocolate bar.
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Dr. Lori Langeanswered
Specializes in Family Medicine
Depends: Fecal stool color has alot to do with what you ate. Over St. Patty's day a lot of green BMs from Green milkshakes, green beer, candy etc.
No worries
Brown stools come normally in different shapes of mocha.
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Dr. Harold Fieldsanswered
Family Medicine 63 years experience
Stool : Lightness is of no consequence and depends on your output of bile from your liver. Good Luck
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