Can the color of your bowel movement give you any indications about your health?

In addition to Red John's absolutely accurate answer --

Yes, it can in some other diseases as well. Strange-colored stools can be indicative of parasites such as hookworm or more commonly Giardia. Bloody stools can also result from the parasites whipworm or Schistosomiasis.

Blackened stools can also indicate bleeding elsewhere in the body, such as because of thrombocytopenia, a platelet disorder, several other blood diseases, portal hypertension (excessive blood pressure in the veins supplying the liver), or because of Esophageal varices, dilated and leaking veins in the lower esophagus, or any sort of gastrointestinal bleeding or erosion, or from a bleeding peptic ulcer (although you would probably know about that already!).

Darkened stools can also be symptomatic of a serious but relatively rare genetic disease called porphyria, in which your body produces a large amount of heme, the molecule which gives red blood cells their color, but then fails to use enough of it and it ends up excreted in your urine and waste.

Very pale stools can be symptomatic of Hepatitis A, B, or C, or for that matter just about any hepatitis; or jaundice, or Celiac disease, inflammation of the bile duct, inflammation of the gall bladder, or other disorders which result in the malabsorption of food. Clay-colored stools can indicate gallstones.

However, before you panic, there are also a lot of foods which will influence the color of your stool. Anything rich in iron will make your stools much darker as well, and a lot of some vegetables will make them sort of green, and dairy and some grains can make them pale. It's only if you see long-term changes in your bowel movements regardless of what you eat that you need to consider an underlying medical problem.

In some circumstances, yes.

Fresh blood and red or bright red flecks of blood in your stool can indicate a bleeding problem in the lower digestive tract, haemorrhoids, or an anal tear. Black and tarry stolls can indicate bleeding in the upper digestive tract, stomach, or oesophagus. Internal bleeding, either visible in the stool or invisible, can cause reduced blood iron levels. It may also indicate a serious medical condition, such as ulcers, bowel disease, or cancer.

Oh yes. Everything comes down to poo!

hello,yes it can,if for example your stools are clay colored then its your liver thats acting up,if theres blood in the stools then your bowels will be tar black,this is serious and it means your bleeding internally.

what are causes of very bright green stool and other symptoms that go with them?

if its bright green id get help