Does cheese make you poop?
Nope. If anything, the opposite. Cheese has zero fiber. A cheese-heavy day with little fruit, veg or grain is a classic way to end up firmer. The evidence against cheese itself is thinner than its reputation, though.
Did cheese make you go?
The meter says what should happen. Your bowels get a vote too.
Why it doesn't
Zero fiber
An ounce of cheese has no fiber at all, and fiber is what gives stool its bulk and helps it hold water.
It takes up fiber's spot
Adults need 22 to 34 g of fiber a day. Meals built around cheese, meat and processed food make that hard to hit, and NIH's constipation advice is to limit low-fiber foods.
The case against cheese is thin
Older versions of NIH's advice named cheese among foods to limit. The current page doesn't, and we found no trials of cheese and constipation. It's the fiber gap that matters.
Sources: NIDDK, Eating, diet & nutrition for constipation; USDA FoodData Central.