.... i don't eat brown food?
2007-03-29 21:27:31 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
Because it would look funny pink!
2007-03-29 22:12:54 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Dr Dave bilirubin is the answer according to the medicine book we are given to learn at the Stockholm's University, this is the color substance that gives this brown color, i agree with you...The indole acetic acid is a tryptophan metabolite, such as tryptamin serotonin, FICZ...etc and so the color of the poop should be depended on the tryptophan diet? is it...If it is then the evil professor is right! You should experiment on you self, and publish the results to prove the evil professor wrong!
2007-03-29 23:36:45 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Seems I remember something a professor once said during a lecture; "Indole acetic acid gives feces its characteristic color and odor." However, the bile which is excreted by the liver into the gut, as stated above, comes from breakdown of red blood cells plus toxins produced by the body. This bile is yellowish-brown in color; after it is concentrated in its trip down the gut, it becomes more brownish. As to which one specifically contributes more, I don't know. I'd suspect the bilirubin more, simply because I didn't like that professor, anyway.
2007-03-29 21:52:45 · answer #3 · answered by Dr. Dave 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
beacuse when it is mixed in our body, by the poo poo people all the food turns this color, but hey not all poop is brown, it could be green or red or really yellowish-pale! hhaha and the last part is actually true!
2007-03-30 10:01:54 · answer #4 · answered by island girl!! 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
due to pigments result from red blood cells destruction at the end of its life span
Bilirubin is a yellow breakdown product of normal heme catabolism. Its levels are elevated in certain diseases and it is responsible for the yellow color of bruises and the brown color of feces. Bilirubin reduction in the gut leads to a product called urobilinogen, which is excreted in urine.
2007-03-29 21:38:45 · answer #5 · answered by the vet 4 · 5⤊ 1⤋
At first I thought this question was disgusting...but it truly turned out to be something that I now know the answer too....see there are no dumb questions...just some wacky as hell answers...out of all the colors that could have been listed on here...who thought of "Pink"!
2007-03-30 06:20:45 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
because the chemicals combind in the body that u dont need makes it brown sometime. sometimes its green or something because u havent been eating right.
2007-03-30 10:04:41 · answer #7 · answered by Chantel J 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Blood cells when broken down are egested and colour the faeces brown
2007-03-29 23:06:02 · answer #8 · answered by ~*tigger*~ ** 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Cause pink poop would just be wrong.
2007-03-29 23:39:55 · answer #9 · answered by UltimaFenrir28 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
b/c of stercobilinogen. it's one of the end-products of the break-down of hemoglobin. it has a brown pigmentation.
2007-03-31 04:46:44 · answer #10 · answered by bad guppy 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋