The Journal
DiagnosticsJanuary 1, 2026 9 min read

Stool Analysis The Complete Guide

A complete, plain-language guide to stool analysis: what it is, why it matters and how passive daily monitoring turns it into insight.

Glowing teal data helix above a porcelain surface

Stool analysis reads form, colour and frequency to reveal how your digestion, hydration and microbiome are trending.

What it is and why it matters

Stool analysis reads form, colour and frequency to reveal how your digestion, hydration and microbiome are trending. Stool integrates signals from diet, hydration, the microbiome, liver and pancreas into a single daily sample.

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Bristol types
<3s
capture to insight
14-day
trend window
0
effort required

The signals that count

The Bristol Stool Scale turns a subjective description into an objective, trackable classification. A smart AI toilet observes Bristol type of every event, calibrated colour estimation and frequency and rhythm over time — passively, every visit.

  • Bristol type of every event
  • Calibrated colour estimation
  • Frequency and rhythm over time
The test you take every day beats the perfect test you take once a year.
LUXOSMT Clinical Research

Turning data into decisions

A single event is noisy; the clinical value lives in the longitudinal trend against your own baseline. That is why LUXOSMT builds a personal baseline and surfaces deviations from it, with an explanation you can act on.

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