Fat accumulation in stool?

There are in fact a whole host of reasons why there can be excess fat in our stools.

In addition to what Mackay has said one of the most common causes is a lack of balance in our digestive ecology. By that I mean our stomach bacteria may be out of kilter which can readily be corrected by taking a good quality probiotics and also we may be slightly deficient in enzymes or our pancreas is not producing adequate quantities of the right type of enzymes to help deal with the change in diet.

And as another thing that can obviously affect the quantity of fat in our stools as our diet changes particularly  if we change it rapidly then it takes the body a little while jus to catch up with producing what it needs to do in order to handle new things  that we’re eating.

Now aside from natural processes another thing that can cause fat in our stools is that we don’t have enough stomach acids and strangely enough that may be indicated by heartburn or something like that whereas the normal way of dealing with that would be to take an antacid, it is actually the opposite that may be needed.

There is plenty of information about that on the web but one place you might care to look at is scdlifestyle.com. They do have a slight commercial edge to what they say but much of the information is quite good and for many it will be an eye opener.

Now another thing that can also cause fat in the stools is through eating artificial fats. Obviously we try to steer clear of those but they can sneak in some of the most unlikely places so it’s well to make sure that there are no artificial fats in what you’re eating. By artificial I also mean things like hydrogenated and overly processed so that’s something you need to look at.

Now if you’re fond of sushi this can also be somewhat of a risky area particularly if you have a taste for white tuna. Only a few years ago there were a number of restaurants that were found to be serving escolar having it labeled as white tuna. The oil that this fish produces can produce keriorrhea but that would only be if you ate it in larger quantities. In smaller quantities it could produce fat or at least oily stools.

The last thing to look at is medication. One of the prime candidates for this type of effect is our gold old friend the statins in all its different forms as can our good old friend that over the counter weight loss pill called Alli. As you’re probably aware that works by causing us to not absorb the fat that we eat which in my opinion is totally doffed but the conclusion we have to come to is if it’s not absorbed it must be passed out the body somehow.

So there you go those are some of the reasons at least that I’m aware of that will cause our stools to be a little bit fatty. I just hope that answers your question adequately.

Cheers,

Mark

This is a copy of the recent comment I made on a forum post about fat in stools