Bowel Transit Time
What To Think About
- The red dye in the gelatin capsules used for home testing is harmless and passes out of your body in your stool.
- Pellet testing is not recommended if you are or might be pregnant.
- Many doctors do not think that bowel transit time testing is useful. Different people have different bowel transit times on different days.
- You can usually speed up bowel transit time if you increase the amount of fruits, vegetables, and whole grains that you eat each day. For more information, see the topic Healthy Eating.
- It is possible to have a daily bowel movement but still have a slow bowel transit time.
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| Author: | Sydney Youngerman-Cole, RN, BSN, RNC | Last Updated: May 5, 2006 |
| Medical Review: | Kathleen Romito, MD - Family Medicine Peter J. Kahrilas, MD - Gastroenterology Jerome B. Simon, MD, FRCPC, FACP - Gastroenterology | |
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| Topic Contents | |
| Test Overview | |
| Why It Is Done | |
| How To Prepare | |
| How It Is Done | |
| How It Feels | |
| Risks | |
| Results | |
| What Affects the Test | |
 | What To Think About |
| References | |
| Credits | |