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
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
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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Tiffany44♡
May 27, 2025 9:30 am
Just because you have liquids doesn't mean your output will be liquid. When you have an ostomy and you don't have all your digestive organs, your digestive system absorbs differently than from people that have a normal bowel. Sugar intake has a lot to do with that also.