Dr. Trisha Pasricha
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first heard Mar 2026
last heard 8 Jul
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Those are also great times to have a bowel movement.
Whenever you can have a bowel movement that leans into your own physiology, meaning your colon is doing some of that work for you, it means you have to do a little bit less work.
You have to bear down less hard.
And the truth of the matter is that your bowel movements are determined by a little bit more than just motility.
They're determined by how soft the stool is.
And so sometimes I tell people like having one bowel movement a day is lovely, but your stool is determined by the consistency of that stool, is determined by your stress.
It's determined by whether you're traveling.
It's determined by whether you've decided there's a safe and appropriate bathroom nearby or not.
And frankly, once you start meeting your fiber goals, which is not the case for most of us here in the U.S.,
you're going to start pooping more than once a day.
And it's going to feel weird because you might not be used to doing that.
You might not have ever been told that having more frequent bowel movements is actually a good thing.
You might think, oh my God, I'm having two or three bowel movements a day.
Do I have diarrhea?
Not necessarily.
If they're comfortable, if they're easy, you move on with your life, and it's because you're eating a lot of fiber, I would say that's fantastic, very healthy, and you should embrace that new you.
Well, I think my general rule of thumb is that normal and healthy is what is comfortable for you.
So it should really do two things.
One, it should be comfortable, meaning you shouldn't be straining.
You shouldn't be spending 20, 30 minutes in the bathroom at a time.
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