6 Reasons Why Your Poop Smells So Bad
6 Reasons Why Your Poop Smells So Bad Sure, number two sessions aren't supposed to smell good. Here are a few times your poop may smell (way) worse than others. You Eat a Lot of Meat: When you eat foods high in sulfur, your gut produces a larger amount of the gasses that make your poop smell. If things get explosive every time you dig into your fave ice cream, you could be lactose intolerant. Eating fatty or processed, sugary foods can make your poop smell awful. Niket Sonpal, M.D., Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine The over-arching theme is malabsorption, which occurs when your body is unable to absorb the proper amount of nutrients from the foods you eat. "Most conditions that cause foul- smelling stools are treatable," says Sonpal. "However, some diseases may require lifelong changes to your diet, or medications to control bowel movements and pain."
