Bowel Transit Time: What To Think About
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What To Think About
- Pellet testing is not recommended if you are or might be pregnant.
- Many doctors do not think that bowel transit time testing is useful. Different people have different bowel transit times on different days.
- You can usually speed up bowel transit time if you increase the amount of fruits, vegetables, and whole grains that you eat each day. For more information, see the topic Healthy Eating.
- It is possible to have a daily bowel movement but still have a slow bowel transit time.
| Last updated: | April 11, 2008 |
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| Author: | Monica Rhodes |
| Reviewed By: | Kathleen Romito, MD - Family Medicine, Peter J. Kahrilas, MD - Gastroenterology |
| Editors: | Kathleen M. Ariss, MS, Tracy Landauer |
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