Jesus: the missing years, and baby poop is the worst; the ideal poop is a ‘continuous log’

I did an interview with Mother Jones magazine yesterday about relatively safe beef cuts.

I got to use my line, Don’t eat poop, and if you do, make sure it’s cooked.

Robynne Chutkan, a gastroenterologist at Georgetown Hospital and the author of Gutbliss and the forthcoming The Microbiome Solution: a pair of books about the gastrointestinal tract, the microbes that live in it, and the stool that comes out of it says:

• poop is mostly bacteria — not old food;

• poop is brown because of dead red blood cells and bile;

• men and women poop differently;

• the ideal poop is a “continuous log” — and sinks to the bottom of the toilet;

• gut bacteria and plant fiber are essential for good poop;

• you can see corn in your poop because of cellulose;

• people living in different parts of the world have different poop;

• baby poop is really, really weird;

• poop transplants can be an effective medical treatment.

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A former professor of food safety and the publisher of barfblog.com, Powell is passionate about food, has five daughters, and is an OK goaltender in pickup hockey. Download Doug’s CV here. Dr. Douglas Powell editor, barfblog.com retired professor, food safety 3/289 Annerley Rd Annerley, Queensland 4103 dpowell29@gmail.com 61478222221 I am based in Brisbane, Australia, 15 hours ahead of Eastern Standard Time