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    why is bowel movement green?

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    Stool can also appear green for physical reasons, and not just from what you've been eating. We think of a healthy stool as being brown. However, bile that is secreted in the first part of the small intestine is actually green. As stool is digested and passed through the large intestine it changes into a darker brown color.


    If stool is still green by the time it is excreted from the body, it could mean that it went through the large intestine too fast to be changed to brown. This is often called "rapid transit" or "decreased colonic transit time," and diarrhea that is green in color could be the result.


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