Coffee: I look upon coffee as a 'food', not a 'drink'.<p>If I'm thirsty, coffee doesn't fix it. Thickening the coffee would make it even worse.<p>In that case, I need something long, cold and wet. (Extremely old joke: "Here. Take my wife.")
> Every gulp of ooze that slopped down my throat left my mouth feeling simultaneously dry and greasy. I didn’t know it at the time, but the thick water left in the bottom of my cups turning to cement was an indication of what it would do in my stomach hours later.<p>> Admittedly, as I shoveled spoonfuls of the chunky, lukewarm coffee into my dumb mouth, the thirst area of my brain switched off. It tasted nothing like coffee. It only tasted like thick.<p>> I’m here to tell you that thick water is no shortcut to thick thighs and calves. No matter who you are, please don’t subject yourself to it. You deserve better.<p>This was a fun article
Fun article with a very serious point at the end! Imagine having the simple pleasure of drinking water taken away from you because it <i>might</i> treat dysphagia.