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Is Your Poop Abnormal?Everyone poops — but are some poops healthier than others? Find out what every kind of dump indicates about your health |
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What It Means: Most stools are going to sink — they tend to be denser than water -- but it's normal to have the occasional floater, which is usually the result of gas in the stool. Did you happen to have a bean-heavy burrito for dinner? Then chances are your cuisine is the figurative lifesaver keeping your feces afloat.
But if your floater happens to have a greasy, fatty appearance, it can be a sign of mal-absorption issues — in particular, a difficulty absorbing fat. "When fat goes through the system, it can kind of look like an oil-slick type thing on the surface of the toilet bowl so the stool can actually float," says Sheth. "It's typically greasy-appearing and very foul-smelling, whereas your typical floater with regular dietary changes will not have that same appearance." Sheth goes on to explain that this could be a sign that you have bile duct or pancreatic problems, as these are the things that are involved in digesting fat.
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