date:Oct 15, 2015
If youre like a lot of guys, your morning cup of Joe leaves you bright-eyed and ready to take on the dayjust as soon as youre done pooping.
But what is it about the brew that blasts your bowels?
At the surface, its pretty simple: Coffee increases contractions in your gut, which activate that gotta-go urge as stool travels to your rectum, said Dr. Satish Rao, Ph.D., the director of the digestive health center at Georgia Regents University.
Two decades ago, Rao and his teams recruited 12 lucky p