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Does Beet Cause Pink Stool?
Question: How long can the juice from cooked beets remain in your stool. It is pink in color
Brief Answer:
Beet can cause pink stool for 1 to 4 days depending on food transit time
Detailed Answer:
Hi XXXX,
Thanks for writing in to us.
I have read through your query in detail.
Please find my observations below.
1. Beet root is a food that causes pink or dark color stools.
2. The color of stools might persist trough the food transit time in an individual. This is the time taken from the time when the food is eaten till the time the undigested part comes out as stool.
3. The normal food transit time is a healthy young adult is 12 to 24 hours. However in many normal people including the elderly at your age, the food transit time might be 60 to 100 hours.
4. Therefore it is possible that the stool is discolored for 3 to 4 days after eating beet.
Hope this answers your question. Please feel free to correct any oversight in my interpretation of your problems and discuss them in detail as per your requirements.
Hope your query is answered.
Do write back if you have any doubts.
Regards,
Dr.Vivek
Beet can cause pink stool for 1 to 4 days depending on food transit time
Detailed Answer:
Hi XXXX,
Thanks for writing in to us.
I have read through your query in detail.
Please find my observations below.
1. Beet root is a food that causes pink or dark color stools.
2. The color of stools might persist trough the food transit time in an individual. This is the time taken from the time when the food is eaten till the time the undigested part comes out as stool.
3. The normal food transit time is a healthy young adult is 12 to 24 hours. However in many normal people including the elderly at your age, the food transit time might be 60 to 100 hours.
4. Therefore it is possible that the stool is discolored for 3 to 4 days after eating beet.
Hope this answers your question. Please feel free to correct any oversight in my interpretation of your problems and discuss them in detail as per your requirements.
Hope your query is answered.
Do write back if you have any doubts.
Regards,
Dr.Vivek
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