Your body breaks down the food you eat as it travels through your digestive system, but some pieces may make a surprise reappearance in your stool (poop). High-fiber foods like raw veggies are the ...

In some individuals, certain foods may irritate the intestines, leading to the occurrence of bloody stools. Underlying health conditions, such as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), can cause bloody ...

Noticing bloody or maroon-colored stool (poop) is alarming, and it may come on suddenly. The first step to determining the cause is thinking back on what you’ve recently had to eat. Reasons for bloody ...

Foods that are high in fiber or have hard shells, like sweetcorn, often pass through the body undigested. However, other undigested foods in stool could indicate an underlying condition, such as Crohn ...

Roshini Raj, MD, is Health's former magazine's medical editor and coauthor of What the Yuck?!. Board-certified in gastroenterology and internal medicine, Dr. Raj is a Clinical Associate Professor of ...

If you notice blood in the toilet bowl or on your toilet paper after a bowel movement, you may be concerned. There are many reasons your stool could contain blood, and while most causes are fairly ...