• SpacetimeMachine@lemmy.world
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    4 小时前

    Because there is more that goes into telling if someone is unhealthy than just looking at their stool. And the few signs that DEFINITELY point to health issues would be assessable by the average person just looking at their poop.

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      3 小时前

      Sure, and there’s more that goes into telling if someone is unhealthy than just looking at their blood oxygen levels or heart rate or arrhythmia, but these are still valuable indicators that we already track and look for symptoms pointing to a potential issue.

      Plus health is not binary, it’s a spectrum, and looking at your feces can give be an indicator of where specifically your gut health lands on that spectrum.