John Torres

John Torres is an NBC News medical contributor and emergency room physician whose reporting appears on NBC News, TODAY and NBC News Now. He is a former U.S. Air Force pilot and flight surgeon who retired as a colonel after service in the Air Force, Air National Guard and Air Force Reserves.

Bowel Habits Are a Daily Signal of Gut and Nervous-System Health

Gastroenterologist Trish Pasricha argues that bowel habits are a meaningful health signal, not a taboo subject or a once-a-day performance target. In a conversation with John Torres based on her book, You’ve Been Pooping All Wrong, she makes the case that people should know their own baseline, pay attention to changes, and treat stool form, effort, timing, diet, posture, and pelvic-floor mechanics as clinically relevant rather than embarrassing.

The Aspen InstituteJun 25, 202618 min read