This past year held many enlightening revelations, particularly about how and why we poop. Check out our favorites here. New Year’s might just be my favorite time of the year. Apart from swanky NYE ...

There's a chance your bowel movements are trying to tell you something. Here's what might be going on.

(David Izquierdo/Getty Images) Whether poop speeds through your gut like a bullet train or takes a more smell-the-roses ...

Much of the food you eat is absorbed by your digestive system, which includes your stomach and your intestines. But some of what you eat makes it all the way through those twists and turns and comes ...

Whether you call it poop, No. 2 or a bowel movement, it’s about time we got more comfortable talking about it. As the kids’ book taught us: Everyone Poops. Our stool can share secrets about everything ...

How often you poop is highly personal, but there is a range that’s considered “normal.” Now, research suggests that the range should be a little narrower than doctors previously thought—and that how ...

Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with more than 20 years of experience in consumer-facing health and wellness content. Here at Health, we wanted to get to the bottom of ...

Though you may feel lighter after a bowel movement, it doesn’t reduce body fat. To lose weight, you need to burn more calories than you consume by exercising and eating smaller, healthier meals.