To me, if we're talking about constipation, constipation is the manifestation of symptoms,

symptoms that you don't want to have. This could occur in a person who poops every day.

This could occur in a person who poops more than once a day, or even in a person who has diarrhea.

The bottom line is that when you are pooping at the right frequency,

you feel well, you feel satisfied after a bowel movement, you feel like you are in a rhythm,

and what that number is.

Welcome to the Exam Room Podcast brought to you by the Physicians Committee.

Hi, I am the Weight Loss Champion Chuck Carroll. Thank you so very much for raising your

Health IQ with us. This is episode 65 of season 4, number 260 overall.

The question, how often should you poop? Is it once a day, once every other day, a few times a

week? Well, that is the question that millions of backed up adults want an answer to.

Studies within the last decade have estimated that anywhere from 1% to as much as 80% of adults

are constipated to some degree. That's a pretty wide range, right? Well, that's true because

the answers depend greatly on what part of the world they're coming from.

But on the opposite end of the spectrum, there are many others who spend a good chunk of their

life in the John, especially right after they've changed their diet.

And that is where we begin today with Dr. Will Bulsiewicz, gastroenterologist and author of

the bestselling book Fiber Fuelled. How appropriate for this conversation. He is here for his monthly

constitutional, and we're going to answer that question. How often should you poop?

Beyond that, we're also going to talk about if you're backed up, what are the best foods to get you

going again? Now, this is a conversation that we had all about poop on the exam room live. And we

took questions from viewers when we opened up the doctor's mail bag. And if you ever get the

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