If you're looking to improve your performance, both cognitively and physically, you need to start by giving a crap. No, quite literally. Go to the toilet and empty your bowel. If you're about to ...

Having to poop midrun happens more often than you might think (or hope). In fact, this experience is so common that there’s a term for it: runner’s diarrhea, a.k.a. runner’s trots. If you’ve had loose ...

That’s because many of these so-called “bad” foods contain fibers, natural sugars and bioactive compounds that draw water into the intestines, feed beneficial bacteria or st ...

Whether you call it poop, No. 2 or a bowel movement, it’s about time we got more comfortable talking about it. As the kids’ book taught us: Everyone Poops. Our stool can share secrets about everything ...

I was halfway across the Queensboro Bridge when a not-so-unfamiliar feeling hit me: I had to take a shit. I was 1.5 miles into my run, and I had emptied the tank just before I left my apartment. As I ...