Why is poop brown?

Question

ive heard that poop is green but im really sure poop is brown. Why?

Answer 1

yours too , good question have a star

Answer 2

Of course it is, and I'm aware some people's stinks. Mine doesn't of course.

I'm not convinced about the dead red blood cells theory. As blood should not usually mix with the digestive system. I suspect it's more that the standard reactions that occur within the digestive tract leave brown residue. Any advances on that idea, scientific types?

I'm thinking though .. I've also always wondered why the lint in a clothes dryers lint filter is always a grey/purple colour, even if the clothes are green or red, the lint is always grey/purple.

I wonder if clothes dryers have similar digestive systems to us ... though I must say I've never eaten socks :-S

(If I took up a diet of socks, would my poop be purple?)

Answer 3

What makes the poop brown is the bile. It's what allows your body to surround fats and absorb them healthily. It's like the soap of our intestines. It hatches to be green. So as it gets metabolized through the bowel, it turns brown."

Answer 4

It is due primarily to dead red blood cells. Specifically, the color comes mainly from bilirubin, a pigment that arises from the breakdown of red blood cells in the liver and bone marrow. 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.

Answer 5

When I eat brownies it's black, fettucine, it's white and cherry pie, red.

Answer 6

Because it just is. Let's not over think it.

Answer 7

Dont you have anything sensible to do?