Guest guest Posted May 13, 2010 Report Share Posted May 13, 2010 I just stumbled across this interesting comment online, and it got me thinking, since my BMs are almost never brown. They're usually green or orange. "Color of feces must be yellow, it must not be green, cause green color of feces indicates lack of good bowel bacteria."This was just on a random chat room/forum type thing talking about feces transplantation, so obviously not a reputable site, but I did a little more research and found this, which looks more believable:http://www.healthhype.com/what-is-normal-bowel-movement-color.html"Bile, as excreted from the liver into the duodenum, is green due to contained bilirubin. Normal intestinal bacteria will change bilirubin to yellow/orange and then brown color in several hours. So, normal stool will be brown, but when stool travels through the intestine fast (like in diarrhea), it will be yellow or green, since bacteria have no time to change its color."So, I haven't had D in at least a week now, and even then it was only once (yay), but my solid and mushy poop is all still green, and occasionally orange. SOMETIMES, very occasionally, it's brown. Two days ago, I didn't have a BM at all, but then the next day when I went it was still green, so I'm thinking it's not from moving through too fast. But maybe instead of the bacteria not having enough time to change the color, there just aren't enough good gut bacteria to do it in a reasonable time! It would make sense, sort of. And it would make sense then that green BMs indicate die off. I realize my green poop could also be from my green smoothies, but I do go days without having them and my poop is still green. And on days where I have orange or brown poop, I've still had my smoothies. So the correlation isn't exactly there. What do you guys think? Peace =)Alyssa 16 yo UC April 2008, dx Sept 2008SCD June 2009 (restarted)Azathioprine 75 mg 1x per dayPrednisone 30 mg 1x per day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 14, 2010 Report Share Posted May 14, 2010 Alyssa, It's likely the green smoothies. I know that if I eat a lot of green stuff, I'm likely to see more green. This was more true at the start of SCD than it is now. Maybe it's because it is not moving as quickly through me now. Even if you don't drink them for a day or two, there is probably still some color from what you ate before. Medications can change stool color. Is the orange from carrots? They do that to me all the time. The bacteria theory is interesting- but we should be getting some from our yogurt. I do better when I eat plenty of it. It sounds like you are doing better. I'm so glad for you. PJ > > I just stumbled across this interesting comment online, and it got me > thinking, since my BMs are almost never brown. They're usually green > or orange. > > " Color of feces must be yellow, it must not be green, cause green > color of feces indicates lack of good bowel bacteria. " > > This was just on a random chat room/forum type thing talking about > feces transplantation, so obviously not a reputable site, but I did a > little more research and found this, which looks more believable: > > http://www.healthhype.com/what-is-normal-bowel-movement-color.html > " Bile, as excreted from the liver into the duodenum, is green due to > contained bilirubin. Normal intestinal bacteria will change bilirubin > to yellow/orange and then brown color in several hours. So, normal > stool will be brown, but when stool travels through the intestine fast > (like in diarrhea), it will be yellow or green, since bacteria have no > time to change its color. " > > So, I haven't had D in at least a week now, and even then it was only > once (yay), but my solid and mushy poop is all still green, and > occasionally orange. SOMETIMES, very occasionally, it's brown. Two > days ago, I didn't have a BM at all, but then the next day when I went > it was still green, so I'm thinking it's not from moving through too > fast. But maybe instead of the bacteria not having enough time to > change the color, there just aren't enough good gut bacteria to do it > in a reasonable time! It would make sense, sort of. And it would make > sense then that green BMs indicate die off. > > I realize my green poop could also be from my green smoothies, but I > do go days without having them and my poop is still green. And on days > where I have orange or brown poop, I've still had my smoothies. So the > correlation isn't exactly there. What do you guys think? > > Peace =) > Alyssa 16 yo > UC April 2008, dx Sept 2008 > SCD June 2009 (restarted) > Azathioprine 75 mg 1x per day > Prednisone 30 mg 1x per day > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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