Dr. Will Bulsiewicz

All right. You form it up into a hard ball like this, but perhaps even bigger. And it's actually hard for a person to pass this. It's so big. It's so hard that your bottom has a problem relaxing to let it out. Okay. So Bristol 1 and 2 are forms of constipation. Let's go back to the middle. We're going to start from 5. The stool is soft. It's not hard. It's not lumpy bumpy. It's soft.

But it's starting to break into blobs, different pieces of poop. Okay. So, and we're moving towards, we're moving towards diarrhea where like just like fragments of solid stool are Bristol six. And then when it's just like, or the other thing of Bristol six could be like a cow pie. Where there's no form. It's just someone plopped down this formless patty.

But it's starting to break into blobs, different pieces of poop. Okay. So, and we're moving towards, we're moving towards diarrhea where like just like fragments of solid stool are Bristol six. And then when it's just like, or the other thing of Bristol six could be like a cow pie. Where there's no form. It's just someone plopped down this formless patty.

And a Bristol 7 finally is straight liquid. Straight liquid.

And a Bristol 7 finally is straight liquid. Straight liquid.

There's been now multiple studies, including our work at Zoe on the blue poop study that was published in the journal Gut. There's now been multiple studies where basically what they found is that if you can look at which of these Bristol types you have, it does give us some insights into your gut microbiome and what's happening there. So now, where do we want to be?

There's been now multiple studies, including our work at Zoe on the blue poop study that was published in the journal Gut. There's now been multiple studies where basically what they found is that if you can look at which of these Bristol types you have, it does give us some insights into your gut microbiome and what's happening there. So now, where do we want to be?

In a perfect world, we want to be somewhere on the spectrum of three, four, or five. We ideally want to be a four. You're not unhealthy if you have a three or a five.

In a perfect world, we want to be somewhere on the spectrum of three, four, or five. We ideally want to be a four. You're not unhealthy if you have a three or a five.

Yeah, interesting question. One of the things that we found in the Big Poo Review, which is our nationwide survey of 142,000 people, we actually looked at what they were eating. And we were able to find associations between fiber intake and specifically plant-based food intake and having a number four.

Yeah, interesting question. One of the things that we found in the Big Poo Review, which is our nationwide survey of 142,000 people, we actually looked at what they were eating. And we were able to find associations between fiber intake and specifically plant-based food intake and having a number four.

So in other words, we found associations between fiber intake and basically plant-based food intake and having a number four. So basically what that means is the people that were having a number four bowel movement were consuming more legumes, whole grains, fruits, and vegetables.

So in other words, we found associations between fiber intake and basically plant-based food intake and having a number four. So basically what that means is the people that were having a number four bowel movement were consuming more legumes, whole grains, fruits, and vegetables.

The people who were having whether it be a type 1 or a type 7, they actually were quite similar in terms of their diet, which is that they actually were consuming lower amounts of fiber.

The people who were having whether it be a type 1 or a type 7, they actually were quite similar in terms of their diet, which is that they actually were consuming lower amounts of fiber.

Now, the other thing to look at too is actually some studies have found that people who have more on the spectrum of constipation tend to have a higher fat diet, tend to typically consume more animal products, which of course are higher in fat. And people that are more on the loose or diarrhea side of things tend to be consuming more plant-based foods.

Now, the other thing to look at too is actually some studies have found that people who have more on the spectrum of constipation tend to have a higher fat diet, tend to typically consume more animal products, which of course are higher in fat. And people that are more on the loose or diarrhea side of things tend to be consuming more plant-based foods.

So now you could have a very healthy diet and be having a Bristol 5, and that actually is not problematic. And the reason that you're having the Bristol 5 is because you're consuming so much fiber that actually you're producing a lot of short-chain fatty acids. And those short-chain fatty acids, they're like lubricants for your poop.

So now you could have a very healthy diet and be having a Bristol 5, and that actually is not problematic. And the reason that you're having the Bristol 5 is because you're consuming so much fiber that actually you're producing a lot of short-chain fatty acids. And those short-chain fatty acids, they're like lubricants for your poop.

That's right. So a slow gut transit time, which is a gut transit time more than 58 hours. So again, and this is all with the blue muffins. You eat the blue muffin, it comes out 58 hours later. You are more likely to be having a Bristol 1 or Bristol 2, which is the classic constipation form. There's no way. no way that you would have slow gut transit time and have a Bristol 7. That's not possible.