Do you like your cup of coffee? Do you need to be within spitting distance of a toilet when you drink it otherwise your pants could look like you took part in a mud wrestling competition? If so, you are not alone. One in three people have coffee-poop syndrome. (Yes, there is actually a name for it)
The physical mechanism around your movements is well known. It involves talking about the distal colon so I'm staying well away.
It was thought that the laxative effect was due to caffeine but scientists from the American Chemical Society now think it's down to the acidity of the coffee. It affects the body in 3 key ways. The Ray Foley Show had a lovely chat about it:
The coffee makes your body secrete gastric acid which brings the stomach into play. Then the coffee increases gastrin which wakes up the colon. At the same time as all of this is going on, coffee is increasing the levels of cholecystokinin, which works to release enzymes and bile to regulate pooing. Their powers combined and you are running to the toilet faster than a cheetah on ecstasy.
They all had a massive, collective crap after this photo was taken.
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