I worry about you people and your weak bowels.
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the blood isn't even that dark red!
I need to know where you got that awesome picture for my cosmic horror TTRPG sessions lol
Can someone explain why coffee does that? I've not been able to find an explanation while being on the toilet at work.
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.
Caffeine is a laxative.
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.
There's something else in coffee that causes the explosive GI tract feeling. I know because I get the same effect. And I still drink it, I just have learned to deal with the pain and fullness "down there." I drink diet coke, and it sometimes causes the same thing if I drink too much of it.
I still drink it too. It only causes the effect probably 1/10 times or so though for me. I don't get it from anything else I've had so far.
For me, coffee always causes GI irritation and "stimulation," even though I only fill my cup 1/3 with actual coffee and the rest with water. Diet coke can cause the same thing in me, but without it I get massive "withdrawal" headaches. And, my doctor actually recommended I keep on the caffeine to stave off the migraines I get almost daily.
I drink decaf and it still has the same effect for me.
You should see mine.
Show me.
You'll have to buy me a drink or two first, honey.
I'm not investing that kind of capital into an anus I haven't even seen yet
Sounds like you can’t afford it and I don’t let broke bitches near this bussy, sug.
The smell is enough for me in the morning!
I wish coffee affected my anus. Nicotine deffo does. But not caffeine.
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Have you tried cleaning your coffee machine?
Yip mine too. I don't know why, coffee makes me feel like my bowels are gonna explode. But I still drink it, only I water it down a lot (my tummy can't handle it). If I don't drink it, I get get severe headaches, and I need the caffeine to help wake me up. Some people say it's the hot water, hot water can be a stimulant for your guts. But by the time I add water, it's pretty tepid so I think it might be the acid in it that's upsetting to my GI tract.