What do unhealthy bowel movements look like?

Answer by  Bill78 (179)

The usually unhealthy colors are green, grey, yellow, bright red, and black, each with different causes. Other things to look for are a pellet-like stool, mucus in the stool, liquidy stool, or very thin (like a pencil) stool. The floating is just a byproduct of eating healthy fats.

Answer by  lovelife (998)

Bowels change shape and color according to the foods we eat. Floating stools may represent a diet of fatty foods as fat is not easily processed. Black or tarry stools are of great concern as they represent blood in the stool, whereas clay colored could mean gallbladder or pancreatic problems.

Answer by  grammybarbj (572)

Unhealthey bowel movemnts can be loose and watery and of any color..parts of it may float and other parts not. You can also have very hard stools of any color.

Answer by  jude11 (499)

One rather unhealthy color for your bowels to be is white. Another thing to watch out for is if there's blood in them, that means that you could have internal bleeding and need it checked. Whether or not it's floating or not has no effect on your health.