The color comes mainly from bilirubin, a pigment that arises from the breakdown of red blood cells in the liver and bone marrow. The actual metabolic pathway of bilirubin and its byproducts in the body is very complicated, so we will simply say that a lot of it ends up in the intestine, where it is further modified by bacterial action. But the color itself comes from iron. Iron in hemoglobin in red blood cells gives blood its red color, and iron in the waste product bilirubin gives rise to its brown color.
2006-09-18 20:36:51 · 12 answers · asked by SEXYSEXYSEXYSEXYSEXY 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
There's someone out there that thinks it's green.
2006-09-18 20:51:45 · answer #1 · answered by Yellowstonedogs 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What's the point of asking a question about poop and giving the answer yourself ? To educate us ?... Well thank you but this is not a subject that is interesting to me. Perhaps to others? Or you are perhaps one of those who likes to talk about it? Have you also researched why pee is yellow ? LOL...
2006-09-19 03:47:09 · answer #2 · answered by montralia 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
So how come people with hepatitis have white poop? (In nursing school we learned the symptoms etc. but never really 'why')
2006-09-19 03:42:10 · answer #3 · answered by Suspended 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
YOU GOT A DEFINITE OBSESSION WITH POOP> YOU NEED TO SEE A POOP THERAPIST OR SOMETHING AND WHY YOU ASKING QUESTIONS THAT YOU ALREADY GOT ANSWERS TO> YOU ARE TOO FUNNY! LAUGHING MY AZZ OFF AT HOW MUCH YOU REALLY NEED TO GET THAT COUNCILING!
2006-09-19 03:53:12 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
10X for the info!
2006-09-19 03:39:16 · answer #5 · answered by Λиδѓεy™ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what r u u got a poop thing r sumthing
2006-09-19 03:45:48 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
did you ask the question just to answer it yourself???? some people thank that it's kinda crazy to do such things. i am one of them.....you are crazy, whatever
2006-09-19 03:52:54 · answer #7 · answered by yayaloyaya 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
its what ever you eat .. that determines what your poop comes out like
2006-09-19 03:49:09 · answer #8 · answered by DearAbby 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Alrighty then
2006-09-19 03:40:06 · answer #9 · answered by High? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nor all poop brown.!!
2006-09-19 04:12:12 · answer #10 · answered by Anry 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋