# By what mechanism does coffee=\>BM? (Possible TMI) **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 14, 2006, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/by-what-mechanism-does-coffee-bm-possible-tmi/364466 "2006-07-14T14:00:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Excalibre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Excalibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Excalibre)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2006, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/by-what-mechanism-does-coffee-bm-possible-tmi/364466/21 "2006-07-18T22:28:29Z")
[QUOTE=CookingWithGas] Your initial postis the refutation I’m referring to. You lambasted **Fear Itself** without providing any facts. Well, I provided a fact. Anecdotal, but at least it’s a fact. It was relevant to the discussion. Your “congratulations” had a distinct sarcastic odor. If you don’t want to read about bowel movement then you should avoid opening threads with “BM” in the title. 😃 Here’s a [good site for this topic](http://health.msn.com/centers/ibdcrohns/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100098792), which has information that agrees with **Fear Itself** , although it also says that bowel movements need not be daily to be healthy. [/QUOTE] I disagreed with the mistaken notion that having one’s bowels on a precise 24-hour schedule was a particular sign of good health. You piped up to say that your bowels are on a precise schedule, and I congratulated you. You didn’t provide any relevant information at all - your anecdote does nothing to prove that somehow your precise, ninja-like bowels make you healthier. You said that your bowels operate on a precise schedule. I’m certainly not going to argue with your statements to that effect. But that doesn’t even suggest, let alone prove, that such a precise schedule is somehow healthy. As your own cite indicates. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/by-what-mechanism-does-coffee-bm-possible-tmi/364466.md?page=1)