Caffein (sp?) is a laxative, as well as a stimulant. The primary reaction, that is.
After many years of HARD coffee-drinking the secundary reactions kick in, and those are the opposite, oddly enough.
Yep. One of my first jobs was in a nursing home and we had a little old mad that we had to bring a pot of hot water to at 5:00 every morning or he couldn’t go.
Actually eating anything can make you want to go to the toilet but you learn to control that urge. If you lose that control (for example you develop dementia or suffer a brain injury) you revert back to opening your bowels right after eating. Its one of the problems of hospitals insisting on feeding everyone at the same time.
Hmm. Ditto eponymoushipster… I think people in general just tend to get into a rhythm where they go at the same time every day. Maybe you’re just a morning poo-er. :) Try replacing the coffee with something else and see if you still have to go!
@eponymoushipster and @fireinthepriory I swear it only happens when I drink coffee in the morning and I don’t drink it every morning. Am I just a weirdo? Haha.