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A simple way to assess the health of your digestive system!
The healthiest stools are types 3 and 4, especially type 4. Increasing the dietary fibre
content of your diet, increasing your fluid intake and doing more physical activity can
all encourage regular bowel movements and contribute to good digestive health.
Separate hard lumps,
Type 1
like nuts (hard to pass)
Type 2
Sausage-shaped but lumpy
Like a sausage but with
Type 3
cracks on the surface
Like a sausage or snake,
Type 4
smooth and soft
Soft blobs with
Type 5
clear-cut edges
Fluffy pieces with ragged
Type 6
edges, a mushy stool
Watery, no solid pieces
Type 7
(entirely liquid)
1
Separate hard lumps, like nuts (hard to pass)
2
Sausage-shaped but lumpy
The healthiest stools are types 3 and
3
Like a sausage but with cracks on the surface
4, especially type 4. Increasing the
dietary fibre content of your diet,
4
Like a sausage or snake, smooth and soft
increasing your fluid intake and
doing more physical activity can all
5
Soft blobs with clear-cut edges
Cut me
encourage regular bowel movements and
out and
contribute to good digestive health.
6
Fluffy pieces with ragged edges, a mushy stool
keep me
in your
7
Watery, no solid pieces (entirely liquid)
wallet!
The Bristol Stool Chart was developed by K.W.Heaton and S.J.Lewis at the University of Bristol.
It was first published in 1997 in the Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology.
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