Rate your stool. :eek:
(Relatively work-safe and not intentionally gross)
The link is a legitimate medical tool, widely used around the world to help collect clinical data.
Type 1 stools are known as scybalous in medical jargon. Just one step up from a fecalith.
Me, I’m generally a type 3 or type 4.
How about you? 
Without getting too personal . . . I know that Type 4 is the healthiest (thank you, Dr. Oz).
Ah, the Bristol scale…I had one day last month where I had every Type, from 1-7, in the space of 24 hours. I did get a whole book read that day in the bathroom…
Pretty much a 4. Sometimes a 3 or 5 depending on how much meat/cheese/fiber I’ve had. I don’ t think of myself as having the most healthy diet out there, but what the hell are these people eating who apparently get constipated all the time? I have one movement a day - more if I had more of the aforementioned fiber - I can’t think of a day going by without passing stool ever in my life. If that changed, I’d be seriously worried.
4s and 5s. Do I get a 9?
Lots of times it’s not due to diet, but to anatomic abnormality or disease.
When the IB kicks in, type 9. Otherwise 4 or 5.
3 or 4.
Is there a correct answer?
It could be age-related. My mother lived to be 92, and her stools were like malted milk balls, in spite of the fiber in her diet.
Woo hoo!
Yes, 3 or 4 are more closely associated with a healthy colon and diet.
How would I know what my “stools” look like? Tell me, are any of you people perhaps of Germanic extraction? I ask because many of the toilets in that part of the world seem to have this sort of shelf, apparently designed to allow you to review your excretia before sending it on its way. Ick. Weird. As long as it’s somewhere between constipation and diarrhoea, I don’t want to know.
Seriously? I thought everyone looked before (and after) they flushed. Just seems like natural curiousity to me.
I’m a 2, 3, or 4 depending on the day. I can vary between all three within 3 days.
Depends on what was for dinner the night before. Last night was corned beef and boiled veggies, so this morning was a good Type 4.
Usually Type 2. I had one week this summer where I was doing at least one or two hours of walking a day and I was Type 4 accompanied by frequent EXTREME ABDOMINAL PAINS. Rather confused by the idea of what is and is not healthy.
3 to 4. 3 is more usual, 4 occurs if I go higher fiber than usual, or if I’ve had a couple of drinks.
I love the descriptions alongside the pictures. They’re evocative, and I can immediately remember occurrences of these types because of the terms, but it’s still funny to think of stool in terms of nuts, sausages, and fluffiness.
I’d say 80% of the time it’s a 4, 5% of the time a 5, and 10% of the time a 6.
Varies between 3 and 4. I’ve had 2 through 7 this year for sure but don’t think I’ve had a 1 in a long long time.
Although, as a baby I used to have type 1 stools regularly and my parents tell me a story of a time I pooped behind a couch and my uncle mistook my type 1 stool for raisins and tried to eat them.
W00T! My colon rocks!
Oprah and Dr. Oz say that as long as it’s “S” or “C” shaped, you’re probably doing ok. Yeah, who doesn’t look?
