Your daily coffee habit may be quietly reshaping your gut and mood, study finds

[libertybele]

Even decaf ... I'll have to start drinking a cup in the a.m. They mention 3-5 cups.  Woah.  That to me is a lot of coffee.

Your daily coffee habit may be quietly reshaping your gut and mood, study finds

Coffee may do more than keep you going: It could have a noticeable impact on your digestive health, even if you drink decaf.

Researchers from APC Microbiome Ireland found that habitual coffee consumption alters the trillions of microbes living in the digestive tract, creating a chemical feedback loop that directly influences mood, stress levels and cognitive sharpness.


The study followed 62 participants to determine how coffee interacts with the microbiome. The group included 31 coffee drinkers and 31 non-coffee drinkers who went through a series of psychological tests and kept detailed journals about their diet and coffee consumption...........

The researchers defined "coffee drinkers" as those consuming three to five cups daily, a range the European Food Safety Authority deems safe and moderate.

After people stopped drinking coffee for two weeks and then started drinking it again, the bacteria in their digestive systems behaved differently than the non-drinkers, according to a press release.,........

https://www.foxnews.com/health/daily-coffee-habit-may-quietly-reshaping-gut-mood-study-finds

[mountaineer]

During my working days, I easily had 6 cups a day. Down to about 2.5 now, and sure do love it. 

[jmyrlefuller]

The researchers defined "coffee drinkers" as those consuming three to five cups daily, a range the European Food Safety Authority deems safe and moderate.

That's 300 to 500 mg of caffeine. 400 mg is what is generally recognized as the threshold before it becomes dangerous. There is nothing "moderate" about that level of intake on a regular basis.

[catfish1957]

Mine is a whole pot full of double strength Community Dark a day.  Been close to that for 50 years. 

I'd say my coffee habit shaped a lot of things.

[roamer_1]

Mine is a whole pot full of double strength Community Dark a day.  Been close to that for 50 years. 

I'd say my coffee habit shaped a lot of things.

Yeah. I was a pot or better for years and years too. 2 cups with breakfast, 1 cup in the go-cup, and the rest in the thermos before I took off... AND more, because every stop on my route had coffee around too... Somewhere between 10 and noon I would switch over to sweet tea...

Since my health went I am restricted on water, so I only fill a 42oz, jug and that's it for coffee, and accounts for 1/3 of all the water I get per day.

Funny thing though... I got sick a while back, and I was down for three weeks. No coffee, no nothing... basically chicken soup now and then, and nothing but water. When I came up out of that, I can't stand coffee anymore. Have not had it since. Dunno why. 

[Wingnut]

All I know is Coffee keeps me regular.  It knows my shit.  And I trust it to perform it duty.