Digestive Disorders Due to Drink Coffee

Some people who have digestive disorders sometimes advisable to limit drinking coffee. The following gastrointestinal disorders associated with the frequency of drinking coffee.

People who have a history of injuries in bowel, acid reflux and discomfort in the abdomen or stomach are usually advised to avoid or limit drinking coffee so that the condition is not getting worse.

Coffee is a beverage that consists of various types of materials and chemical compounds including fats, carbohydrates, amino acids, vegetable acid called phenol, vitamins and minerals.

Coffee is known to stimulate the stomach to produce gastric acid thereby creating a more acidic environment and can irritate the stomach. Even so there are two elements that can affect the health of the stomach and the stomach lining, namely caffeine and chlorogenic acid.

The study, published in Gastroenterology found that a variety of factors such as acidity, caffeine or other mineral content in coffee can trigger high stomach acid. So that no single component should be held responsible.

Here there are two types of digestive disorders are more prone experienced or associated with frequent coffee drinking, as quoted from Livestrong, namely:

1. Gastritis

Indigestion vulnerable owned by people who frequently drink coffee is gastritis (inflammation of the stomach lining) with symptoms of heartburn, nausea, abdominal pain and bloody mundah.

This condition is caused by the bacterium Helicobacter pylori which can weaken the lining of the stomach so that stomach acid can more easily irritate. People who frequently drink coffee will be more susceptible to infection H.pylori bacterium which in itself cause long-term damage to the lining of the stomach.

2. gastric ulcers (sores that appear on the stomach lining)

The coffee does not directly cause the injury, but the coffee is drunk can exacerbate existing injuries or slow down the healing process for a more acidic environment, so that will damage the intestinal mucous membrane thoroughly.

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