Marker foods and when they come out?

Does anyone else eat certain foods that can be recognized like corn or salad or baked beans and become aware of what’s in the pipeline, so to speak? Also since we enjoy the sensation of things rumbling through our innards does anyone else make their own great tasting home made baked beans then eat a whole cereal bowl full because they just kinda like the results? Aseveral large enemas say 6 hrs after the beans gives a great purge.

Not intentionally, but many years ago I learned that eating red velvet cake results in a red tinged BM. First came the panic because it seemed to be blood in the stool. Then the relief when it was explained to me about the red dye passing through my system.

UncleO,

That is like the time I stuffed myself on pickled beets, not realizing what it would look like when I went to the toilet. It looked like I had butchered something.

I had a LARGE beet salad (that means all beets) and when I urinated a few hours later it was red and I wasn't on my period. I was very concerned until I remembered I had just eaten all those beets.

The red stain disappeared after urinating during the next several hours.

@switchablesusie - I had a similar experience after taking a large dose of Pepto Bismol...the bismuth compound causes very black poop. I actually called a doctor friend to see if I needed to be checked for upper GI bleeding. He laughed and said Pepto Bismol does that.

Marker foods are unlikely to tell you much that is useful. Transit studies are much more detailed.

Not all foods move through the tract at the same rate. some things move faster and some slower It all mixes on the way down.

Not convinced this would work

Certain foods and fluids cause different reactions. Those odd colored excretions can create some concerns at times. Many years ago, some coworkers were hazing a guy that used to steal other's treats, they injected some items with an iodine based substance. He really got upset when he peed blue colored urine.

I find that corn causes digestive issues for me. I love it, but expect to take an enema or two in the aftermath. The beans create much gas, but don't cause any back up. If the gas is too offensive and I expect to be in a large group, I may use the enema to accelerate relief.

A boyhood (age 9 in 1959) medical diagnosis of a upper rectum malformation causing me to have frequent constipation episodes was incorrect. It was actually slow transit and I've had it all my life. Some foods/snacks I have to avoid --like popcorn or anything with cornmeal in it. Ice cream only in small amounts. My Doctor is OK with 2-3 warm soapy water enemas per month. He does not want me to go more than 2 days with no b.m… then it's time to fill the ol' Victoria enema bag.. I can get some moderately bad constipation episodes and I have to watch what I eat. Any kind of “sticky” candy is a real no--no…

Yup, I've had the Pepto Bismol effect. Scared me at first, but, it is what it is. Also, Superman and/or Blue Moon ice cream from my childhood summers in Michigan. Passes out of you blue. I remember at least that was pretty amusing.

But alas, lactose intolerance.