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In the wellness world of fibermaxxing and #pooptok, the rise of \u201cpoop positivity\u201d has turned a 30-year-old research tool into a gut health tracker. Gastroenterologists rely on the Bristol Stool Chart, an illustrated reference guide that classifies human stool based on consistency and shape, to help squeamish patients, but caution that it doesn\u2019t tell the whole story.<\/p>\n

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Young people are turning to the Bristol chart to track their bowel movements as \u2018fiber-maxxing\u2019 trends and fitness tracking tools grow in popularity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4027,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health-news"],"yoast_head":"\nPoop-maxxing: How a 30-year-old chart became a hot gut health trend - Trusted Moving Group<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/trustedmovinggroups.com\/?p=4028\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Poop-maxxing: How a 30-year-old chart became a hot gut health trend - 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