Coffee as a Laxative
Coffee can stimulate peristalsis, that is the process in the digestive tract and that’s why drinking coffee makes us go to the bathroom. So, some people use it, because they want so, but there is a problem with this. When you stimulate peristalsis by drinking coffee increases gastric emptying and therefore the contents of the stomach are passed into the small intestines, often before the digesting food has been broken down. This can increase the chances of inflammation and irritation within the gastrointestinal tract. Caffeine is not to blame, because decaffeinated coffee has laxative and gastric emptying properties.
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very interesting article about coffee. It sure counteracts the other stories how 2-3 cups is actually good for you. Question: Is age a factor in any of these stories? How can I really find the truth or is it that science does not really know and whether it is based on assumptions. I am aged 83 and average 3-4 cups in summer and 4-7 in winter. I mainly drink more to keep warm in winter, and have noticed an increase in gas problems. Of course, I should quit altogether but it is hard to find a hot drink without putting weight on in the winter. However, I have discovered hot cider which is very tasty.
Interesting I read an article on this website just before this that advocated drinking coffee for health benefits, then this one that warns coffee is bad for your health. Seems idiotic but then health professionals keep waffling back and forth on everything claiming it is bad for you then good for you then bad for you again. Seems like everything is carcinogenic but then in the animal tests they run, first animals do not react to things like humans (chocolate, garlic anyone?) and second, the amount they give these animals is abnormally high so what an average amount a human would take in may not harm them at all. I mean the test for saccharin had the rats taking in what would amount to 125 bottles of diet soda a day and I don’t know any human who could take in that amount of soda and not die of fluid volume overload.
Guess I’ll just stick to what I like or feel is good for me and forget the rest. Health professionals opinions are quite bipolar.