Coffee on an empty stomach

drdre89

How many of you drink coffee in the morning on an empty stomach , and how many eat something before coffee?

Personally I’ve learnt I need to eat something like a banana before coffee to stop the ‘laxative’ effect as those coffee acids can do some damage 🙃

Amberale

I don’t eat much in the morning.
I jump straight into an Americano with a dash of lactose free milk.
Lactose will keep me near a toilet for a few hours.
I can’t eat bananas any more as they exacerbate a muscle disorder I have (too much potassium).

LMSC

On a side note, eating Banana first is straight sugar. Ideally, one must eat Savoury before any sugar. It helps manage blood sugar well, prevent spike and crash. We have a dr at home. 😊

My first coffee, which is black and no sugar, is usually at around 7:15-7:30 am, which is more than 12 - 13 hours after dinner. I will be hungry by the time I can grab my coffee. So, a handful of nuts, boiled vegetables and coffee are the usual order of the day.

MWJB

I tend to eat first these days, I didn’t have any breakfast for years but I did notice that a big hit of caffeine on an empty stomach (before lunch) could make me very jittery/spaced out.

Never can recall having a laxative effect from coffee alone, @drdre89 is your early morning coffee dairy free? (low fat milk, however, certainly has that effect on me).

All coffee is a round 5 point something pH - acid content of all coffee is similar, but it varies in flavour perception (tritatable acids). The flavour in coffee is heavily reliant on acids (including perceived sweetness & bitterness), along with soluble fibre, they’re supposed to do you good, if anything.

drdre89

MWJB I drink coffee normally Americano style … and if I have a latte or any milk I have lactose free milk.

But it’s certainly well documented that the chlorogenic acids in certain coffees can wreak havoc with your digestive system. This was certainly the case for me rushing to the toilet. Haha. So I do make sure to eat something before coffee to minimise that effect.

MediumRoastSteam

Flat white first thing in the morning most of the time.

Sometimes preceded by a banana. Sometimes by a slice of brown toast, or sometimes both.

Clodius

I usually have coffee with breakfast. I may have a sip of my latte while waiting for my eggs to be ready or while I’m sitting down, but never just coffee for breakfast.

thetravdog

I do have this problem, and I also love natural yoghurt and granola with my coffee first thing. I realised this was a gastric mistake and I make sure to drink some water and have something else before I do so!

MWJB

drdre89 Chlorogenic acids are the largest group of flavour conveyors all coffee, a higher concentration in light roasts, but generally considered positive in terms of positive gut microbiome/diversity and regulating metabolism.

So, I’m glad you have found a way to manage their adverse effects in your case (and that can be helpful to others), but generally, people shouldn’t be regarding CGAs as problematic.