The liver has constantly secretes a bright green liquid called bile in the small intestine or it is stored in the gallbladder.
Bile is needed to absorb fats and fat soluble vitamins. Also, it helps soften stools and is responsible for giving saddles their characteristic brown color.
Bile in fact its way through the intestines, it gradually changes color from green to yellow to Brown, because the action of bacteria in the large intestine on bile salts.
Green stool often indicates that food through the intestines faster than normal (called the bowel transit time of decreased), before this could be changed from green to Brown.
Diarrhoea decreased bowel transit time, any condition that causes diarrhea can generate green stool.
Other causes of green stool include: use of laxatives
Use of antibiotics
Side effects of drugs
Food poisoning
Celiac disease
Ulcerative colitis
Crohn's disease
Malabsorption
Irritable syndrome
Bacterial growth
Infectious diarrhea - especially salmonella and giardia
Traveler diarrhea
Cancer
Foods and supplements that can cause green saddles include: chlorophyll
Iron supplements
Algae
Note: Talk with your doctor of any changes in stool.
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