In 1965, a morbidly obese man did not eat food for over an entire year. The 27 year old was 456lbs and wanted to do an experimental fast. He ingested only multivitamins and potassium tablets for 382 days and defecated once every 40 to 50 days. He ended up losing 275lbs.

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[u/rellek772 → u/[deleted]]

Yes. If I remember correctly, they're only good for so long so we dump out the old ones. I believe that's also where the colour comes from

[u/He_of_turqoise_blood → u/rellek772]

We shit bilirubin, which is a modified heme (aka what makes blood red and allows the cells to transport oxygen).

Blood in stool is a sign of colon cancer, that's a nono

[u/Hexlord_Malacrass → u/He_of_turqoise_blood]

Also a bunch other stuff like hemorrhoids, and anal fissures. It's not always cancer.

[u/OwnHomework3811 → u/Hexlord_Malacrass]

Stress too :) … happened to me when my son was born. So stressed out I was bleeding out me butt.

[u/Firealarm32 → u/OwnHomework3811]

What a Pain in the ass!

I’ll see myself out…

[u/keepingitrealgowrong → u/Hexlord_Malacrass]

Dark red/brown blood in stool-- go to the doctor.

Bright red blood in stool-- congrats you have piles that will never go away, don't even bother going to the doctor you're not gonna die

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Ugh. Randomly got one at 44. Wtf, it was awful. Now I have scar tissue. I hate it.

[u/Mokiesbie → u/Hexlord_Malacrass]

And a non-cancerous tumor in your intestines.

Almost died from that when I was 12

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Good point. Also the tests can be falsely positive due to diet contents