Is black and smelly stool a sign of detoxification?

When too many toxins accumulate in our bodies, it is easy to have skin or health problems. So many people detoxify regularly. Some people think that their black and smelly stools are the result of the body detoxifying. In fact, this method of judgment is inaccurate. Because when our body is sick or our diet is abnormal, our stools may become black and smelly. Why is it inaccurate to say that black and smelly stools are a sign of detoxification?

Does black stool mean detoxification?

It's not necessarily detoxification.

Black stools may be caused by gastrointestinal diseases or taking certain medications, or by eating foods such as pig bile, mulberries, pig blood, etc. Some Chinese medicines can also affect the shape of stools. There are many factors, but it is not necessarily detoxification.

What color is your stool during detox?

Green, dark green and black.

The excretion process of the human body is itself a detoxification process. When the liver excretes toxins at a high level, the color of the stool will turn darker. This is understandable. The main organs for detoxification are the liver and gallbladder. Therefore, during detoxification, part of the color of the stool comes from bile. The faster the liver works, the more bile will naturally be released. Therefore, during normal detoxification, the color of the stool is often green, dark green, and black. It can be seen that black is not the only possibility, because when there is something wrong with the human stomach and intestines, the stool will also become black, such as when there is bleeding in the gastrointestinal tract.

How to treat black stool

1. Pay attention to your diet: When treating diseases that cause black stools, you must pay attention to your diet, because it is likely a digestive tract disease. If you eat spicy and irritating foods as usual, it will inevitably aggravate the condition.

2. If it is caused by medication, you should ask your doctor for help to eliminate it, stop taking the medication, or use other methods to replace the function of the medication.

3. If your stool is black for a long time and is accompanied by bleeding and pain, you need to seek medical treatment.

Which state of stool indicates good health?

Generally speaking, a normal person can have 1-2 bowel movements a day, with a stool volume of about 200g each time (closely related to how much and what you eat), a water content between 25%-75%, and a stool color that is generally dark yellow, brown, or cyan (still related to what you eat), with no mucus, pus, or blood.

Constipation occurs when you have not had a bowel movement for more than 3 days and have difficulty defecating, incomplete defecation, and dry and hard stools.

Diarrhea is when you have bowel movements more than three times a day and the stools are watery, egg drop soup-like, or rotten.

Tips

There are many colors of stool, with different shades. Judging from the color alone, it is difficult to distinguish between normal stool and abnormal stool. Black stool is not necessarily caused by detoxification or gastrointestinal disease. But one thing is that you will always have some feelings about your body. When you feel some discomfort in your body, it is right to seek medical treatment. Of course, we should be more alert and not do things that harm our body. Health needs to be accumulated bit by bit, such as a glass of water, a session of exercise. If you accumulate enough, your body will improve to a certain extent.