(David Izquierdo/Getty Images) Whether poop speeds through your gut like a bullet train or takes a more smell-the-roses ...

Research shows that the time it takes for poop to leave your body can affect your overall health. Chronic constipation and ...

Your gut transit time, how long waste stays in your body, significantly shapes your microbiome, influences metabolic and ...

It might affect your gut microbiome and even your disease risk.

We all go no. 2, but how long it takes for us to do it might vary. Gastroenterologist Joseph Salhab, M.D. took to Instagram to discuss this topic, and he reveals that the time you spend on the toilet ...