Drink something with beet juice in it. It will tell you how quickly things pass through your system and that liquid does come out in your ostomy bag. I drank a Bolthouse Farms energy drink made with pineapple juice, beet juice, and passion fruit juice, and within 3 hours there was the start of purple liquid in my bag, and by 5 hours there was a whole lot of purple liquid in my bag. And I only drank about half a cup of the juice.
infinitycastle52777
Mar 13, 2025 2:01 pm
eefyjig
Mar 13, 2025 8:41 pm
It's like artwork, isn't it! I remember getting dark red in my bag, getting a little nervous thinking it might be blood and then recalling that I ate beets. If you eat several colored foods at once, they may come out one after the other, like rainbow poop!
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IGGIE
Mar 14, 2025 1:13 am
Reply to eefyjig
If you do get a rainbow, wait a little longer, and a pot of gold might be next.
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infinitycastle52777
Mar 14, 2025 5:07 pm
Reply to eefyjig
Oh, if I eat beets, I definitely get red or purple output. I just didn't think about beet juice doing it. I guess I thought because it was a liquid, it might not come out of my ostomy, but sure enough, it did. And in record time.
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