India, Nov. 8 -- that urgent need to dash to the bathroom right after your morning coffee - or the dread of drinking coffee when you're out and about. While it might feel like a quirky coincidence, there's actually a scientific explanation behind it.

Dr Joseph Salhab, a gastroenterologist and health content creator from Florida, specialising in digestion, liver, pancreas and nutrition, is explaining what makes you want to run to the loo after drinking coffee. In an Instagram video posted on November 8, the gastroenterologist highlights the role of coffee in stimulating bowel movements and shares three gentler alternatives that won't leave you running to the loo.

Dr Salhab states, "Does coffee make you have to go poop? If it does, you're...