“If you ask women about ‘period poops’ they’ll tell you they’re having menstrual cramps and those GI cramps at the same time,” said Taylor Judkins, a nutrition researcher at the University of Florida who has spent more than a decade studying the phenomenon. www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...

The monthly scourge of ‘period poop’ is real. Here’s why your gut acts upMenstrual and digestive discomfort often coincide, and a researcher who has been looking in to it for a decade tells us what she learnedwww.theguardian.com