Posted by Mary on December 08, 2000 at 09:48:38:

In Reply to: Frequent Bowel Movement posted by Mahesh on December 07, 2000 at 15:18:54:

: Hi,
: I am a 33 yr old male who is a pure vegetarian. The problem I have is I have the urge to go about 4 - 5 times a day. In the morning if I have a cup of cofee, I need to go immediately. I have the same problem after lunch. Any suggestions on what I might be going through. Thanks
Coffee can often have a laxative type effect on some people. So long as your stools are normal and not loose there is nothing wrong with the amount of times you need to have a BM. Everyones system is different. For some people once ever 2-3 days or so is regular for them and for some a couple of movements a day might be what is their norm.