what color is normal poop?

Most people don't think twice about the color of their poop, but it can be an important indicator of your health. Normal poop is typically a light to mid-brown color; any other colors may indicate something is wrong.

The primary ingredient in the production of stool is bile—a liquid produced in the liver and stored in the gallbladder that helps to break down and digest food. When bile reacts with enzymes in the intestine, it changes from a yellowish-green hue to brown. The more time it spends in your digestive tract, the darker its hue becomes. As a result, normal poop should have some variation of a brown color from pale to dark. Additional colors are likely not normal and could be due to other factors.

For instance, red poo may be indicative of bleeding somewhere along your digestive tract such as colon or rectal cancer or hemorrhoids. This is especially true if you see streaks or patterns on your stool rather than small flecks of redness throughout its surface. Here are some other colors that could signify a health issue:

Green – Food may be passing through your system too quickly, which doesn't allow bile enough time to change shades in your intestines. This can happen if you are suffering from diarrhea or vomiting excessively leading up to the excretion of your stool.

Orange – Although this color can look alarming, it's usually caused by eating foods high in beta-carotene such as carrots and sweet potatoes which pass through you undigested resulting in their bright orange pigment staining the stool itself. Additionally, orange urine can stem from jaundice caused by deficiency in anti-oxidant vitamins A and E as well melanin synthesis from liver disease or disorder such as Gilbert's Syndrome (which has no known cure).

White – This can indicate an issue with fat processing due to problems with pancreas function stemming from cystic fibrosis for instance or other symptoms associated with Celiac disease such as steatorrhea—the inability for fats including fatty oils and emulsifiers—to be properly absorbed into the body due to excess activity in certain enzymes like trypsin within our intestinal system causing indigestible waste products that eventually show up as white chunks or snow inside our feces.

Pale gray – If accompanied by abdominal pain this could mean that something is blocking bile from leaving your gastrointestinal tract completely which would give off a pale gray appearance instead of deep brown coloration—this could imply scarring within those respective organs either through post-inflammatory issues (post chronic viral hepatitis)or due to chronic inflammation like Crohn's disease for example and would require blood tests and further examinations by medical professionals in hospital settings before any form of diagnosis can be properly given at this stage..