At one point in our con­ver­sa­ti­on he pulled up the Bristol Stool Chart, which ranges from Type 1 (“separate, hard pellets”) to Type 7 (“watery, no solid pieces”). O’Mara is con­sis­t­ent­ly de­li­ve­ring Type 4 (“smooth, soft, like a snake”), with pointed ends, in­di­ca­ti­ve of healthy rectal function, he told me. “When you start eating healthy, you don’t need toilet paper,” he claimed.