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   Like opening the blinds and stepping into the shower, a cup of coffee   
   gets people moving in the morning -- in more ways than one. This   
   satisfying brew revs energy levels with a dose of caffeine and, for   
   many people, quickly and reliably jump-starts gut activity and an   
   urgent need to poop.   
      
   But given coffee's popularity, it's surprising that we know so little   
   about how it affects the gastrointestinal tract, said Dr Robert   
   Martindale, a professor of surgery and medical director for hospital   
   nutrition services at Oregon Health and Science University.   
      
   Some studies on the topic -- which tend to be small, old and limited   
   -- have suggested that it's probably not the caffeine that triggers   
   the urge to go. A paper published in 1998, for instance, found that   
   decaffeinated coffee had a similar stimulatory effect on the colon as   
   caffeinated coffee, whereas a cup of hot water did not.   
      
   One thing we do know is that coffee doesn't affect everyone the same   
   way. In one study published in 1990 in the journal Gut, 92 young   
   adults filled out a questionnaire about how coffee affected their   
   bowel habits; just 29 per cent of the respondents said it "induced a   
   desire to defecate," and most of them -- 63 per cent -- were female.   
      
   Coffee is a complex beverage containing more than 1,000 chemical   
   compounds, many of which have antioxidant and anti-inflammatory   
   properties. And determining how they affect the intestines is   
   challenging.   
      
   https://www.todayonline.com/world/why-does-coffee-make-me-poop   
      
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