Dr Amir Khan

You should actually kind of look at your poo.

You should look at your poo, first of all, to check the consistency, but also to make sure there's nothing there that shouldn't be there, like blood or, in the case of some of the children that I look after occasionally, there's like a tapeworm.

And so you can see that.

And so, yeah, I think it is worth looking at your poo.

Can I just say...

How nice is it to have a good poo?

How good does it feel to have a good poo?

You do.

You can get on with your day knowing you've had a good poo and you don't need to go back.

Yeah, yeah.

And it is a good indicator.

You know, when we're talking about gut health,

The health is not just confined to the gut.

It is the health of your overall body, your brain, your immune system, your mood.

All of those things are influenced by how well your gut is working.

Yes, it can do.

And why?

So digestion itself slows down as you get older.

The movement of food through the gut or the motility we refer to it as does slow down as you get older.

The amount of nutrients you absorb from your food can become less as you get older.