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Flo Mingo

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1. Things you never forget

Reply to left-of-center2012 (Original post)

Thu Dec 2, 2021, 09:47 AM

Dec 2021

Your Mother-in-law, who's retired from a 40 yr nursing career, telling you she's constipated and drinking coffee because caffeine stimulates the anus.

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Why Does Coffee Make Me Poop? [View all] left-of-center2012 Dec 2021 OP

Things you never forget Flo Mingo Dec 2021 #1

And the OP says ... left-of-center2012 Dec 2021 #6

Maybe, maybe not Flo Mingo Dec 2021 #13

Your MIL versus the scientists left-of-center2012 Dec 2021 #14

I don't know how to respond Flo Mingo Dec 2021 #15

Not necessarily. There was a smaller study several years ago that looked at caffeine tablet intake hlthe2b Dec 2021 #16

It's the abrupt change in acidity in the colon bucolic_frolic Dec 2021 #2

Is that what the OP says? left-of-center2012 Dec 2021 #8

in my mind that article is full of it bucolic_frolic Dec 2021 #10

How about the old gastro-colic reflex? elias7 Dec 2021 #3

Actually there is direct brain impact on gastric-colic reflex-- including circadian rhythms-- hlthe2b Dec 2021 #17

Kewl... elias7 Dec 2021 #18

Well a cup of coffee works for me . .... Lovie777 Dec 2021 #4

say peristaltic 3x in a row. Tetrachloride Dec 2021 #5

Wake and bake works like a charm if that's a problem for anyone. In fact, I gotta run! LOL n/t brewens Dec 2021 #7

Ancestry collects worldwide data and thats one they survey... Historic NY Dec 2021 #9

it actually makes me vomit if i drink it too early samnsara Dec 2021 #11

drink coffee, dump a trump..... lastlib Dec 2021 #12

Dump a trump! That's a keeper... elias7 Dec 2021 #19