The pale poops

[Guest guest]

I always wonder, is this truly a bile thing, or could it be mercury

lightening the stool? Usually this happens on the third day of ALA

chelation for my son. There is a bit of taurine in his chelator pills.

What do you think?

[Guest guest]

can pale poop also indicate bad bacteria overgrowth or yeast?

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> I always wonder, is this truly a bile thing, or could it be mercury

> lightening the stool? Usually this happens on the third day of ALA

> chelation for my son. There is a bit of taurine in his chelator pills.

>

> What do you think?

>

[Guest guest]

> >

> > I always wonder, is this truly a bile thing, or could it be mercury

> > lightening the stool? Usually this happens on the third day of ALA

> > chelation for my son. There is a bit of taurine in his chelator

pills.

> >

> > What do you think?

> >

>

If the overgrowth crowds out beneficial bacteria (which it usually

does) I believe it can cause pale stool as the bacteria are necessary

to turn the stool brown. This is based on what I read here:

http://ibdcrohns.about.com/od/otherdigestivediseases/a/orangestool.htm

" Bile and bacteria is what gives stool its final brown color. "

Not the most definitive source in the world but I have read similar

things in several other places.

I have orange stools and while I know from a liver biopsy that I have

very minor cholestasis, which would reduce bile flow, I also had very

low beneficial bacteria on my last CDSA. So I think exploring both

avenues is helpful if you have pale or off colored stools.

I am planning to experiment with bile salts as well as doing a fairly

large dose of probiotics for about 2 months.

Ross