2006-10-22 13:54:14 · 8 answers · asked by Michael M 1 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Other - General Health Care
hey! i know the answer to this one!! i watched ti on the discovery health channel..your stomach is always "growling" but the thing is..it's not your stomach it's your intestines...your intestines are constantly moving food through you...but when there is nothing to move it "growls" and makes that noise..people often associate it with hunger because it is usually around meal time when it growls that is because your food takes 4-6 hours to leave the stomach and be digested and by that time it's time to eat again...
2006-10-22 14:01:21 · answer #1 · answered by lylitalianbeauty 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why does your stomach growl?
Well, Mexican food could do it, but doctors call it "borborygmi," which sounds a bit like the sound you hear.
According to Websters:
Main Entry: bor·bo·ryg·mus
Pronunciation: "bor-b&-'rig-m&s
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s):
plural bor·bo·ryg·mi /-"mI/
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek borborygmos, from borboryzein to rumble
Date: circa 1796
: intestinal rumbling caused by moving gas
It happens when your stomach walls squeeze together in an attempt to mix and digest food and there's no food there. Gases and digestive juices slosh around in your empty stomach and before you know it - borborygmi.
Yet hunger really has nothing to do with an empty stomach but, instead, is a product of certain nutrients missing in the blood. Our brains contain a "hunger center," which functions as an accelerator, or as a brake, for our stomachs and intestines. Once necessary nutrients are lacking from the blood, the dinner bell is rung, and the stomach and intestines come rumbling.
The now active stomach and intestine aren't picky as to what foods will satisfy they, and will grab anything they can. It is the role of the appetite to rein them in, and to ensure that the growling duo are satisfied, but with a healthy balance of the proper nutrients.
If ever in a situation where borborygmi kicks in, and there is no food in sight, remember to remain calm. The calmer you are, the more slowly your body will metabolize the protein it has stored, and the longer you will live!
2006-10-22 21:06:20 · answer #2 · answered by Not Dave 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know what causes it but I hate it...I try to fast for days and my stupid growling stomach makes me eat because it's embarrassing! and it's worse when Im in class taking a test and my crazy stomach starts growling I get so embarrassed!!!!!!!! I need a cure for this
2006-10-25 22:38:40 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
When Iam Hungry!
2006-10-22 21:07:40 · answer #4 · answered by Last B 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nervous or hungry
2006-10-22 21:04:29 · answer #5 · answered by hardtoy99 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
stomach acid swishing around in there.
2006-10-22 20:57:26 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is usually gas on your stomach.......
2006-10-22 20:57:04 · answer #7 · answered by CUSTODIAN JOE 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you are hungry.
2006-10-22 20:56:00 · answer #8 · answered by lazycat 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋