• Question: why do humans poo different colours ?

    Asked by afnanyy___ to Rachel, David, Eva, Kate, Nicholas on 12 Nov 2015. This question was also asked by 885rhed48, vinny.
    • Photo: Rachel McMullan

      Rachel McMullan answered on 12 Nov 2015:

      Hi
      Depends on what you eat! Try eating beetroot!

    • Photo: David Nunan

      David Nunan answered on 13 Nov 2015:

      It all depends on the foods that you eat. Beetroot’s a funny one and so is black liquorice.

    • Photo: Nicholas Pearce

      Nicholas Pearce answered on 17 Nov 2015:

      Hey,

      Your body can’t digest everything – so if you eat something colourful and your body can’t digest it…it will stay that colour when it comes out the other end.

      Scientists may have done some research and found out:
      Red – Frankenberry cereal
      Green – Red wine and Green vegetables
      Purple – Beetroot
      Blue – Blue velvet cake
      So…yeah…science!

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