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Question. What have you had to eat today?

Serial. Fruit. Lasagna. Hot pockets.

Well, it doesn't really matter because no matter what you've eaten, it all ends up in the same place.

As I'm sure all you smarty pants know, liquid wastes exit your body as P,

while solid foods make a long and winding journey through your stomach and intestines until they end up.

In your toilet bowl, as what we scientifically know as poop, gross. I know, I know, it's gross

just thinking about poop, let alone talking about it. But guess what? The poop coming out of you

is as essential to your health and well-being as the food going in.

So what exactly is poop? Why does it smell so yucky? And what does your poop say about you?

Whoa, what you been eating, kid? It's time for another whiff of science on.

Don't worry, I didn't actually just go to the bathroom. Those were just sound effects,

but I did that to illustrate that you should always, always, always wash your hands after going to the

bathroom. Especially when it comes to, you know what. But why? Well to answer that, you should first

understand precisely what poop is. Hmm. Feses. Another word for poop. Are the remains of food that

your small intestine could not digest or absorb. And since your body, which is quite an efficient

machine, has no use for this leftover waste, it begins a process to expel it.

First, bacteria in your gut causes the food remains to undergo a chemical change,

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