When we are hungry our stomachs make embarrassing noises like growling and gurgling........?

Question

I am just curious as to what is going on inside the body to cause these sounds?

Answer 1

The rumbles, gurgles and growls you sometimes hear from your abdomen typically are due to normal digestion. Stomach growling can occur when you're hungry. But it can also occur after eating or between meals when food is passing through your intestines.
Hunger and appetite are controlled by a complex system of hormone-like substances primarily made by your digestive system. When you haven't eaten for a while, these substances are released and cause a part of your brain called the hypothalamus to "switch on" your desire to eat. A message is then sent to your stomach and intestines. This triggers muscle contractions and the release of acids and other digestive fluids as your body prepares for you to eat — or hopefully eat. The thought, sight or smell of food also can trigger this same response — growling, rumbling and gurgling — from your intestines.
Sometimes, stomach growling or rumbling can be a symptom of an underlying gastrointestinal disorder, for example, irritable bowel syndrome. But in such cases, excessive abdominal noise usually is accompanied by other symptoms such as bloating, cramping, diarrhea or excess gas

Answer 2

When you eat food, there are muscles on the walls of your intestines that push the food along towards the stomach (otherwise, the food would just sit there). When you are hungry and you're stomach is growling, then those are the muscles contracting, but not having to push along. That is why it is uncomfortable and noisy at times when you are hungry.

Answer 3

Your stomach muslces move to help digest food and when your stomach is empty the gases in there move around making you stomach growl... I think...dont quote me though lol

Answer 4

your stomach walls are rubbing against each other and the odd feeling you get is the emptiness of this motion...... because there's no food.

Answer 5

Uh, it's telling you, "Feed me!"