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Coffee rule (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Can someone explain why coffee does that? I've not been able to find an explanation while being on the toilet at work.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Here is a good article that explains it. Interestingly coffee promotes the urge to poop in at least one-third of the population and tends to impact women more than men.

https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/why-does-coffee-make-you-poop#TOC_TITLE_HDR_2

Research has shown that caffeine makes the colon 60% more active than water and 23% more active than decaf coffee.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Caffeine is a laxative.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 10 months ago

Only coffee does this to me though. It's got to be a combination of things. I know coffee is higher in caffeine than most other drinks, but I sometimes take a caffeine pill, which is even higher, and it has never caused the coffee shits.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

I drink decaf and it still has the same effect for me.