Bowel movements are fundamental to our health of course. When I began practicing, I used to ask people if they were constipated. Most of the time people would say, “no, never!” Well, I quickly learned to stop asking questions in that way because most people do not know the meaning of that word. I soon began to realize that most people answering my question were only going once per week. I actually had a patient this week tell me that her  gastroenterologist told her, an MD, that going once per week is totally fine! That just is incredulous to me. In any case, most of my days are filled with discussions over pooping. Today, one of my patients drew my attention to a chart which, may be helpful for many of you to see, so that you could use this chart to describe your bowel movement to me. I know, I know a lovely subject right? Well, yes! Because, we all do it! And, our BMs are a huge indication of our internal health.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol_Stool_Scale