Researchers are suggesting a way to tell if a person is ill by changing their poop to different colours.
Swill down a yoghurt-style drink which interacts with the food in your stomach and your excrement turns a variety of hues depending on how sick you are.
The scientists have so far only suggested it could detect the progress of e.coli – but they hope one day it could diagnose far more conditions.
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