Dr. Trisha Pasricha

Even before I became, I mean, although this probably foreshadowed what I would become, but it's like, it blows my mind.

It's like, how can you not look?

Why would you not look, you know?

But I actually think there's an important reason to look, which is that you have to know what your normal pattern looks like.

You have to know what things look like on a typical week.

And it may not be the same every day.

Like I said, there's so

many different factors, but you want to understand what's normal for you so that when there's a change, you can recognize it quickly.

You can bring it to your doctor.

So I think the first step here is start looking.

You know, I'm not asking you to take photos.

I'm not asking you to like make a diary about it, but just get in the habit of looking.

For the most part, people poop within some hue, some shade of brown, and that's normal.

Most commonly, the questions that like people ask me in my clinic or they slide into my DMs and ask are like, well, I had this weird green poop today.

I had a yellow poop.

Is that normal?

Not normal.

And context is everything in those situations.

There are times where a green poop, a little yellowish poop.

could be completely normal.