I know high fiber foods is a large part of it, but is there anything else to it?

  • Blackmist@feddit.uk
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    4 hours ago

    Fry ups make my shit come out like a greased otter. Probably all the oil.

    Healthy, fibre heavy foods make a right mess, like tar. Even the travel bidet struggles with that.

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      2 hours ago

      It sounds like you may have a a slight case of steattorhea? Do these otter poops float as well?

      Because if so, it might be some slight absorption issue. I seem to have one, my poops being very much like you describe. Both, at times.

      But when I went on an exclusion diet and then added things back in I realised I apparently have a slight gluten sensitivity. Leaving out gluten and dairy completely made an insane change. Even when I would eat greasy chicken wings, I wouldn’t get dem greasy otter poops. Just like, more regular poops, despite what I ate.

      I’m not saying you have the same thing, just saying I had that.

      Related though, there is I believe like an over-the-counter supplement that’s enzymes which help with the absorption / break down of the food, because greasy stools can be a result of too little of some pancreatic enzymes or something.

      Am not a trained medical professional, btw, so don’t take medical advice from me. But like, things to look up at least.

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          1 hour ago

          I deal with it by smoking copious amounts of weed.

          Makes nausea and digestive pain a lot easier when you empty your entire guts into the toilet bowl and get off the throne 4 kilos lighter.