Do you Know Your S**T? Well poo is at the centre of a shock new Channel 4 documentary tonight January 17) set on helping us understand our gut problems.
Identical twins Alana and Lisa Macfarlane host a new six-part series called Know Your S**t: Inside Our Guts.
As well as discussing all manor of gut issues in their Poo HQ, Alana and Lisa look into a unique new clinical trial.
In the trial, patients swallow ‘perfect poo’ tablets in a bid to eradicate serious issues.
New documentary: Poo under the spotlight
Meanwhile ‘super poopers’ donate their poo and it’s turned into ‘crapsules’.
Kira is a super pooper.
She explains: “I luckily had a really good upbringing of eating really balanced food, and I was always encouraged to exercise.”
She adds with a smile: “I was born to do it!”
According to the documentary only 2% of the population are eligible to donate their poo.
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Know Your S**t: Getting to the bottom of gut health
So what happens to this perfect poo?
The trial involves freeze-drying poo and could combat liver disease among other big issues, like infections in the large intestine.
Meanwhile Alana and Lisa, dubbed The Mac Twins online, add: “Poos could change lives.”
Dr Blair Merrick has been pioneering the trials.
He explains: “What we’re looking to do is to take healthy bacterial from the guts of people and give them to people who have a condition, which we think we can make better by introducing that healthy bacteria back into their system.”
And finally, do you recognise The Mac Twins?