Stool Markers: What Your Stool Says About Your Gut Health

Stool markers are signals your stool reveals about gut health. They can reflect inflammation, digestion efficiency, microbial balance, and transit time. By decoding stool markers, you learn which markers matter for you, how to interpret normal variation, and when to seek medical advice. While short-term factors like diet or stress can shift markers, persistent patterns—especially those suggesting inflammation or malabsorption—warrant a conversation with a clinician. InnerBuddies brings a white-label Gut Health Operating System that turns stool marker data into a powerful product for brands and consumers. The system includes a Gut Microbiome Health Index, a 0–100 score of overall gut health derived from exclusive research with EAFIT University in Colombia, and it presents abundances for a top 40 bacteria set with comparisons to a healthy cohort. It also labels bacterial metabolic functions as positive or negative, so you can see how your stool markers align with key functional pathways in the gut. Learn more with the InnerBuddies microbiome test. Beyond general stool markers, InnerBuddies offers Target Group analyses—Healthy Aging, Endurance Sport, Power Sport, Skin & Hair Health, and more—to show how the markers and functional pathways matter for specific goals. The platform also translates stool data into actionable guidance via personalized nutrition advice drawn from 3-day food diaries and a large database linking foods to microbiome responses. It also provides personalized probiotics and prebiotics recommendations to support your aims. If you’d like ongoing guidance, explore the gut health membership. Whether you’re a consumer plotting a personal gut health journey or a business looking to offer best-in-class stool marker insights, InnerBuddies has you covered. You can explore consumer-ready gut test solutions via the product page, or connect with us for partnership opportunities on the InnerBuddies B2B page to learn how to license the white-label platform, deploy your own tests, or co-create products around stool markers decoding.