Hey there, welcome to Chasing Life.

Well, today on the podcast, we are going to tackle a kind of awkward topic.

It's something we all do, but we rarely ever discuss, at least not in polite company, unless maybe you're the parent of a small child.

I'm referring, of course, to having a bowel movement, a BM, known as

going number two, pooping. There's all these euphemisms, both quaint and crude, to describe this.

Even though it is universal, it is completely natural, many of us get embarrassed simply talking

about it openly. Sometimes we don't even discuss this with our own doctors.

But here's the thing.

What happens in our gut has a profound impact on our overall health, has an impact even on our brains.

So today's guest is Dr. Trisha Pasricha.

She's a gastroenterologist and the director of the Institute for Gut Brain Research

at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. She's a really remarkable writer and she's come

out with this new book called You've Been Pooping All Wrong in which she boldly goes where very

few are willing to venture.

Tricia's going to demystify this vital but villainized bodily system.

She's also going to share with us the secret to achieving what she calls poopphoria.

And yes, that means what you think it means.

So stay with us today.

Don't poop out.

I'm Dr. Sanjay Gupta, and this is chasing life.

I got to say I've really been looking forward to this, Dr. Pasricha, and I just want the audience to know, first of all, that I am super proud of you.

You are our intern here at CNN Medical for,

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