The Surprising Truth About Coffee and Your Bowels

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Why does coffee make you poop? We drink not just for eyelids droop. In a land of bowels and beans where the coffee flows and steams, there's a tale, oh, quite bizarre, of why coffee makes you star. When coffee sipped, the journey starts in our tummies and in our hearts. Before the brew can be digested, a single scent, our bowels tested. A neurochemical effect sent down below to make reject all contents there to free up space, build our place. It acts below on colon's walls, contraction smooth, called peristall, cis pushing outwards in a wave, making you a toilet crave. But this is not caused by caffeine, as studies show an extra means. For when participants drank decaf, their colon stirred about by half. The precise culprits not yet known, perhaps gastrin, a peptide hormone. Its levels raised when coffee's drunk, prompting the colon to rhythmically funk. But raised, by what, I hear you ask, giving me an impossible task? The precise agent remains concealed, which polyphenol not yet revealed, yet cautions urged, for on the flip with diarrhea, it might cause slip, and incontinence finds no friend in brew, for coffee's call might be too true. So next time you sip that dark drink, and feel the rumble, an urge to plink, as your bowels roar in great defiance, remember this tale by distilled science.

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Replying to @WeiszOne why does coffee make you poop? Full text, written by me not ChatGPT (it couldn’t get the science right): Why does coffee make you poop? we drink not just for eyelids-droop In a land of bowels and beans, Where the coffee flows and steams, There's a tale, oh quite bizarre, Of why coffee makes you star. When coffee's sipped, the journey starts, In our tummies and in our- hearts. Before the brew can be digested a signal sent, our bowels tested A neurochemical effect sent down below, to make reject all contents there, to free up space as if a meal, had filled our place It acts below on colonʼs walls Contractions smooth, called peristal Sis, pushing outwards in a wave Making you, a toilet crave But this is NOT caused by caffeine, As studies show, an extra means For when participants drank decaf, Their colons stirred–about by half. The PRECISE culpritʼs not yet known Perhaps gastrin, a peptide hormone Itʼs levels raised, when coffeeʼs drunk Prompting the colon, to rhythmically funk. But RAISED by WHAT, I hear you ask, Giving me an impossible task, The precise agent remains concealed, Which polyphenol, not yet revealed! And in realms where bowels slow their pace, Coffee's touch might grace the race. For those with constipation, transit slow, Or post-op struggles that surely blow. Yet caution's urged, for on the flip, With diarrhea, it might cause slip. And incontinence finds no friend in brew, For coffee's call might be too true. So next time you, sip that dark drink, And feel that rumble, an urge to plink As your bowels roar, in great defiance Remember this tale, from Distilled Science 📚 STUDY: Effects of Coffee on the Gastro-Intestinal Tract: A Narrative Review and Literature Update - doi: 10.3390/nu14020399 #science #coffee

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