Our bodies aren’t 100% efficient when it comes to nutrient absorption anyway, so considering there’s a number of other factors at play, it’s probably making minimal difference.
When we eat, the food added to our stomachs signals the large intestine (colon) to get a move on and make room for incoming food. Caffeine can help stimulate this response, but since most nutrient absorption occurs in the small intestine, we’re not really losing anything of value. There is some absorption in the colon, but that’s mostly water being removed so we can have formed stools instead of chronic diarrhea.
AccountMaker@slrpnk.net 2 days ago
Oooh, I didn’t think of that. “Eat all you want without gaining weight with this one simple trick”
actionjbone@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
(the one simple trick is diarrhea)
Valmond@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Or eating fingers…
Fermion@feddit.nl 2 days ago
Isn’t that just a crappier version of bulimia?
teft@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Excessive laxative use is a thing bulimics sometimes do. It will ruin your insides so probably not a good idea.
200ok@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Totally. And then comes the dependency on laxatives… They’re constipated without them, which causes hemorrhoids.
actionjbone@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
I see what you did there
lvxferre@mander.xyz 2 days ago
If that worked I wouldn’t have spent so many months trying to go from overweight to normal, while still drinking a litre and half of coffee per day.