Moderate Coffee Consumption Have Benefits on Digestive System

A recent study reveals that coffee benefits humans' gut systems and digestive functions. The research also indicates the positive effects of drinking coffee on the organs responsible for digestion. The study was conducted in partnership with The Institute for Scientific Information on Coffee (ISIC).

Coffee and Digestion

According to the examination of coffee, the beverage has stimulating functions that could improve the digestive processes of a person. Moreover, some aspects of coffee could protect against common digestive conditions, including gallstones. Alongside the food regulators of our body, the liver organ can also reap benefits just by drinking the right amount of coffee.

The advantages of coffee were reviewed with the help of 194 separate papers that tackle moderate coffee consumption and its impact on health. According to the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) scale, moderate coffee intake is three to five cups per day.

Lab Manager reported that, based on the collective studies, moderate coffee consumption does not induce harmful effects on the organs that build up the digestive system. Instead of problems, the new research gathered two interesting advantages by drinking coffee.

The potential benefits of moderate coffee drinking include reducing gallstones and pancreatitis. Although the correlation between coffee and its health benefits to both the digestive system and liver have been observed, the authors believe that further studies must be met.

According to the findings, coffee impacts the gastrointestinal tract as it travels down to the digestive system. Coffee is found to have links with pancreatic, gastric, and biliary secretions responsible for digestion. Alongside the fluids, the food breakers, including gastrin hormone, gastric juice, and hydrochloric acid, are stimulated by the beverage.

Coffee also has a significant part in changing the structures hidden inside the gut microbiota. These changes are usually targeted to the population rate of a ubiquitous bacteria in the human stomach called the bifidobacteria.

Coffee could also ease the process of food travel along the digestive tract called colon motility. In the studies gathered by the authors of the new research, it was found that coffee could perform as much as cereals in terms of the motility in the colon. It is also higher to decaffeinated and glass of water by 23 percent and 60 percent, respectively. Alongside improving colon motility, drinking coffee could reduce the risk of chronic constipation.

Drinking Coffee Against Common Digestive Issues and Liver Disease

With the help of coffee to the digestive system, the authors also found positive impacts of the beverage on liver health. Hepatocellular carcinoma, one of the severe liver diseases, could be repelled by simply drinking cups of coffee moderately.

Although many digestive-friendly effects have been enumerated in the study, the authors did not find any concrete evidence about the direct influence of coffee over gastroesophageal reflux. The effect could only be measured if induced with additive or negative factors, including poor diet and obesity.

French National Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM) expert and author of the study Astrid Nehlig emphasized that coffee consumption is not linked to any digestive issues or bowel deficiencies. Instead, it has supporting benefits protecting the system against common digestive conditions. The study was published in Nutrients, titled "Effects of Coffee on the Gastro-Intestinal Tract: A Narrative Review and Literature Update."

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