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Healthy Body Signs: Should my Stool Float or Sink?

post #1 of 22
2/8/10 at 4:38pm
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Does your stool float or sink?

And is there anything wrong with dropping sinkers as opposed to floaters?
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post #2 of 22
2/8/10 at 4:40pm
It depends on what you've been eating.
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post #3 of 22
2/8/10 at 4:42pm
another classic H&B threak.

I don't look at mine, I typically flush right after it hits the water. Today though, I've had the runs like it's no ones business. Think Niagara Falls, but with with chocolate covered malt balls running down.
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post #4 of 22
2/8/10 at 4:46pm
This thread is useless without pics.
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post #5 of 22
2/8/10 at 4:56pm
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Originally Posted by harvey_birdman View Post
It depends on what you've been eating.

So does that mean eating poorly causes sinkers or vice versa?
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post #6 of 22
2/8/10 at 4:58pm
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Originally Posted by furo View Post
So does that mean eating poorly causes sinkers or vice versa?

Eating poorly has nothing to do with it. Your poops float or sink depend on what you don't digest in your food. As long as you digest the nutrients and minerals required it doesn't matter what comes out.

Hardness can indicate constipation. Liquidy can indicate diarrhea. If there's blood, see a doctor. Otherwise you are probably ok.
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post #7 of 22
2/9/10 at 4:19am
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So does that mean eating poorly causes sinkers or vice versa?

I thought it had to do with the amount of fat in your diet. The greater the fat intake the greater the floater.
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post #8 of 22
2/9/10 at 12:35pm
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Originally Posted by BP348 View Post
I thought it had to do with the amount of fat in your diet. The greater the fat intake the greater the floater.

I read that may be possible, but it's really the oxygen content or something in the fatty diet that would cause this, not the fat itself
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post #9 of 22
2/9/10 at 12:38pm
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Originally Posted by edmorel View Post
I don't look at mine,

Bad move. Examining one's feces is not only instinctive, it is the easiest way to gauge intestinal health at a glance. I, for one, spend minutes squinting into the cloudy water after every bowel movement as I try to interpret the patterns in the stool, much like a psychic reading tea leaves.
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post #10 of 22
2/9/10 at 1:02pm
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Originally Posted by holymadness View Post
Bad move. Examining one's feces is not only instinctive, it is the easiest way to gauge intestinal health at a glance. I, for one, spend minutes squinting into the cloudy water after every bowel movement as I try to interpret the patterns in the stool, much like a psychotic reading tea leaves.

FTFY.
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post #11 of 22
2/9/10 at 1:24pm
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Originally Posted by BP348 View Post
I thought it had to do with the amount of fat in your diet. The greater the fat intake the greater the floater.

It's fat or fiber. High fiber diets make floating shit too... As does high fat diets.
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post #12 of 22
2/9/10 at 5:40pm
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Originally Posted by sonick View Post
It's fat or fiber. High fiber diets make floating shit too... As does high fat diets.

Interesting.

One thing is for sure: McDonald's never fails to deliver immediate bowel movement. I gotta go. Now.
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post #13 of 22
2/11/10 at 6:07pm
steatorrhea (fat in the feces) is a symptom of pancreatitis and also small intestine disease involving malabsorption of fat.
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post #14 of 22
2/11/10 at 9:31pm
A good floater after eating lots of fiber is very satisfying.
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post #15 of 22
2/11/10 at 10:25pm
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Originally Posted by TGPlastic View Post
A good floater after eating lots of fiber is very satisfying.

And the bane of many at airports who have to use the toilet after you :@
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