Though red-tinged pee or poop is never a welcome sight in the toilet, it may not be cause for alarm if you've recently eaten beets. Here's what you need to know about beeturia (and when it's time to ...

Close-up of woman's hands slicing boiled beets on wooden cutting board with a knife at home kitchen. After you eat beets, you may get a shock when visiting the restroom: Your poop looks slightly pink, ...

Whether in chocolate cake, on pizza, or in salad, beetroot is a popular healthful vegetable. But some people might be taken aback by what happens after they eat it: red poop and pee. The red pigments ...

In recent years, people have started to take health more seriously, but many still ignore the signals their own body sends ...

“It’s not blood, it’s beets.” There’s a monumental scene from “Portlandia” that all too accurately depicts what it’s like to see red in the toilet bowl and — in a moment of panic — forget that you’ve ...

“It’s not blood, it’s beets.” There’s a monumental scene from Portlandia that all too accurately depicts what it’s like to see red in the toilet bowl and — in a moment of panic — forget that you’ve ...

There isn’t a one-size-fits-all answer for how often you should poop, but when it comes to what color your stool should be, expert consensus is much narrower. And deviations from it can be a cause for ...

Three-quarters of your poop consists of water and most of the rest is food your body didn’t digest. Once it exits the digestive system, poop is usually a shade of brown, regardless of the appearance ...