Doctors Say Poop Pills Are the Next Big Scientific Breakthrough

Doctors are saying that poop capsules could be a cure for obesity, gut infections, UTIs, and maybe even multiple scleroses. Weird huh?

Currently, poop is only used to treat serious infections (it’s a great probiotic!). Even though poop is only used in a clinical setting right now, doctors are hoping for it to become a more common practice in the future. The future plan is for healthy donors (prescreened) to be able to donate their poop to be freeze-dried and encapsulated.

This is all still pretty far in the future, but the clinical success rate is pretty high for these so-called poop pills. So even though this is an unusual practice, it is pretty neat that even poop has its health benefits.

 

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By Collyn Morgan on February 22, 2016
Collyn is a freelance writer that enjoys researching and writing on modern feminism, health, motherhood, and other related topics. She has a passionate love for macaroons, vegetarian cuisine, newsletters, and anything regarding The Walking Dead. You can find her musings and intrigues on Twitter.