Dr. Trisha Pasricha

And that is the entire problem.

The problem is that we are not having a loud enough conversation about our gut health and acknowledging what all of us are going through.

And I think part of that is due to the fact that

Most of what we learn about having a bowel movement comes from what our parents taught us when we were toddlers potty training.

And what they taught us is pretty similar to what your grandparents taught them.

And at some point, we have to ask ourselves, can it really be true that grandma's method was 100% flawless?

Like there's nothing else the science can teach us about how to have a better bowel movement.

And when I started my GI clinic soon after I was done training,

One of the most common questions that fully grown adults would ask me was just this, are my bowel movements normal?

And if that's the question that we're all asking as adults, it taught me that we've just been winging it for way too long.

And we all think everybody else has it under control, but clearly the data shows us otherwise.

Yeah.

And we're at work, what, eight, 12 hours a day?

Yeah, I think you're spot on.

I don't think you need a lot of these third-party tests that will claim to look at all these different things in your stool when you just need to turn around and take a look.

Because every time you go to the bathroom,

It's kind of like getting a little report card on your health.

And so you can take a look and learn so much information just by what you're seeing and what you know about that bowel movement.

All right.

So I'm glad that you look, Mel.