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What Causes Red Hue In Stool While Consuming Energy Drink?

I am currently on a diet (religious) for 40 days in which I am not allowed to eat until it is dark outside. In that time I have begun consuming Red Bull and Rockstar energy drinks both for energy and to stimulate metabolism. My stool continually has a red hue since this started. I experienced the same thing a few years ago when I went on an absolute fast for 4 days; in that experience, I was also consuming Red Bull, and exhibited the same results. Is this possibly blood in my stool? is there a coloring agent that is in the energy drink that causes my stool to be red?
Tue, 27 Feb 2018
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Hi.
Thanks for your query.

Noted the history and understood the concerns.
You can imagine how the colorants in red bull and such products are. It is very much possible that the drinks that you had in past and now are causing coloration of the stool.
But it is important to know that a stool test is a must to know that there is no bleeding in the gastrointestinal tract.
Also stop such drinks and go for homemade beverages like fruit juices and so on.
Take plenty of liquids as per the guidelines of your religious fast.

Take care.
Dr. T. Chandrakant.
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What Causes Red Hue In Stool While Consuming Energy Drink?

Hi. Thanks for your query. Noted the history and understood the concerns. You can imagine how the colorants in red bull and such products are. It is very much possible that the drinks that you had in past and now are causing coloration of the stool. But it is important to know that a stool test is a must to know that there is no bleeding in the gastrointestinal tract. Also stop such drinks and go for homemade beverages like fruit juices and so on. Take plenty of liquids as per the guidelines of your religious fast. Take care. Dr. T. Chandrakant.