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How does caffeine affect your digestive health?
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See below: Caffeine can lead to lower esophageal sphincter relaxation and increased acid secretion causing/worsening esophageal reflux. It can also cause diarrhea or bowel urgency.
Answered 1/18/2014
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Many ways: Caffeine is a diuretic, making you urinate frequently to get rid of the toxin "caffeine" which actually more often leeds to constipation and associate hemorrhoidal problems, rectal itching and bleeding.
Answered 1/18/2014
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