30 Best Foods for Constipation Relief

Coffee

But first, coffee. While the effects from a cuppa joe can vary from one person to the next, it's highly common for the beverage to make you head for the bathroom. Coffee has been shown to promote the release of gastrin, which can increase colonic spike and motor activity, reports the journal Gut. The effects of coffee on the body are pretty fascinating, but the study goes on to explain that coffee can't reach the colon that fast—but that it instead induces a response by acting on receptors in the stomach or small bowels.