Food goes on a long, complex journey through your body before becoming poo. Each part of the digestive system plays a special role in breaking it down.

(CNN) — Everyone poops, but it turns out we don’t all need to poop every day. That’s a misconception, said gastroenterologist Dr. Folasade May, an associate professor at the David Geffen School of ...

QUESTION: Hey, Dr. Zac, I have a bit of a weird one for you — why do some people poo like clockwork every day, while others might only go a couple of times a week? I thought not going at least once a ...

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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 ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Much of the food you eat is absorbed by your digestive system, which includes your ...