Recent research has uncovered how bowel movement frequency can serve as a vital indicator of digestive and overall health. While it is often an overlooked topic in health discussions, the frequency of ...

A groundbreaking study from the Institute for Systems Biology challenges conventional wisdom about digestive health, revealing that bowel movement frequency serves as a crucial indicator of overall ...

When it comes to going No. 2, we all want things to flow smoothly. But if you’ve ever experienced irregular bowel movements, you know how disruptive it can be to your quality of life. Constipation, ...

Nikkie Malhotra suggests fixing the time for bowel movement, drinking enough water and doing light exercises, to solve the ...

Get ready—we need to talk about something a bit, um, off-color right now. “Poop!” says Parsley Health nutritionist Adrienne Dowd, with enough enthusiasm to warrant an exclamation point. “It’s ...

On a special episode (first released on March 27, 2025) of The Excerpt podcast: We eat for a variety of reasons, most importantly to sustain life. Unsurprisingly, the decisions we make about what we ...

While normal bathroom habits can be different from person to person, there is a hard rule about how long to spend on the toilet — and when you should give up. A healthy bowel movement should only take ...

Your poop reveals key clues about your health — here are a few red flags to keep an eye on.

To start your day without too much time straining in the bathroom, take a big gulp of a GI doctor's favorite drink. It supports gut health and so much more.

After trying several fruits and a succulent/herb known to induce the do(o doo), one stands out. Plus, one daily breakfast meal has proven to be even more consistently effective than our test items.