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I LOVE mushrooms (not the magic kind, the kind you eat for food).

Anyway, I always find undigested mushrooms in my poop (I get diarrhea a lot, so....that's why I can see it). Some are whole, some are large chunks (depending on how I prepared them), but still, undigested.

Is this normal?
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Garglemysac
11 months, 1 week ago | pl
Are you sure it isn't just mushroom tip impressions on your poop?
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lc1988
11 months, 1 week ago | pl
Well, a fungus's cell membrane contains ergosterol instead of cholesterol. I'm thinking we don't have the correct enzyme to break that down...like cellulose in plants (I'll find the corn shell in my poo). I'm too lazy to look it up but that's just off the top of my head.
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KeddersPrincess
11 months, 1 week ago | pl
I don't know why this post disturbed me.
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…Space_Ghost?
11 months, 1 week ago | pl
You could try chewing them more thoroughly?
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Anonymous Poll Creator
11 months, 1 week ago | pl
@: …Space_Ghost?
I thought I did, or at least good enough (guess not though)...but still, even if I swallowed it whole, shouldn't it break down at least somewhat? My stomach is filled with hydrochloric acid, amazing that a mushroom can withstand that.
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Darkoil
11 months, 1 week ago | pl
@: Anonymous
Hydrochloric acid or the correct term gastric acid is not in your stomach to break down food, a low Ph is needed for a lot of other enzymes to function correctly and it is a good environment to kill micro-organisms.
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Captain_Kegstand
11 months, 1 week ago | pl
I honestly can say that I have no idea. I don't usually check out my poop, just flush it!
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Sassyfrassylassie
11 months, 1 week ago | pl
I digest mushrooms, but I don't digest lettuce.
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Anonymous Poll Creator
11 months, 1 week ago | pl
@: Sassyfrassylassie
That happens to me too, except mostly with things like kale or collard greens. It's like, nothing changed in the journey from mouth to poop.
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dappled
11 months, 1 week ago | pl
I digest them. With me it's beansprouts, which I don't understand. I thought I'd chewed them up. Maybe they're like Terminator 2 and they reform inside me.
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lateboy1
11 months, 1 week ago | pl
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howaminotmyself
11 months, 1 week ago | pl
Do you only get diarrhea when you eat mushrooms? It may not be related. Mushrooms are harder to digest so if you are having trouble digesting food in general, you will find plants in your poop.
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Anonymous Poll Creator
11 months, 1 week ago | pl
@: howaminotmyself
No, I think I have a sensitive and/or poor absorving digestive system.

Sucks because I eat so healthy, and naturally and organic yet it seems it goes right thru me!!
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howaminotmyself
11 months, 1 week ago | pl
@: Anonymous
I feel your pain. Have you been tested for food allergies? I have some intolerances and if a small amount is in my system it shuts my digestive system down, no matter how quality the food is.
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Avant-Garde
11 months, 1 week ago | pl
I used to get chinese takeout steamed vegetables with chicken. It often contained mushrooms and I would eat them. When I had my waste, everything was properly digested. I don't think I've ever had bits and pieces of undigested food in my fecal matter. I don't think that's normal. Take digestive enzymes and eat authentic/organic yogurt. The enzymes and healthy bacterial should be beneficial to your digestive system.

Good Luck.
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alv1592
11 months, 1 week ago | pl
It doesn't sound normal that you have diarrhea a lot...and I don't know about the mushroom part, see a doctor.
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Skylae
10 months, 3 weeks ago | pl
I have a whole bunch of stuff that I don't digest. Mushrooms, kidney beans, red pepper, peas... I do have a problem with my digestive tract though. If you're worried, go to the doctor.
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Zetsubunny
10 months, 3 weeks ago | pl
The walls of mushrooms are made of cellulose, a dietary fiber that is the main component of most indigestibles like corn. If seeing the shrooms disturbs you, you may want to chew a bit more thoroughly (it'll still remain undigested though).
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Woo_llamas
4 months ago | pl
You shouldn't be having diarrhea so much
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cigs
4 months ago | pl
it is for some ppl
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