Is there an evolutionary reason for this, or a health reason?
2007-03-04 16:23:19 · 11 answers · asked by lotusmoon01 4 in Health ➔ Other - Health
It's an evolutionary thing. That's how your body protects you from poison. If we didn't have people telling us what to eat, and we were walking around the woods foraging, we would need some kind of indicator that we were about to eat a poisonous substance. Like if you saw a dead moose or something. If it was old and rotten and full of listerosis you would feel sick, and that's your body telling you that moose is off limits
Ever notice how your throat closes when you drink alcohol? You literally have to force it through some kind of barrier to swallow it, because your body wont let you unknowingly poison yourself. You have to override your sense and poison yourself anyway if you're determined to get drunk.
2007-03-12 15:11:18 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
its all in your head....like a survival technique when your body is sick from food and it expells whatever is hurting you...so when you see something that reminds you of that same sick feeling, your body will have the same reaction. If you have never vomited before and still have this reaction when seeing or smelling something "gross" then i'm just guessing when i say all humans are born with this reflex.
You know, I have met several people that feel nauseated or vomit while watching Disney's "Alice In Wonderland"
2007-03-12 00:06:05 · answer #2 · answered by TarasBoutiqueAtEtsy 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Just the good 'ole mind-body connection. Lots of us think it doesn't exist. Lots of us work ourselves into the ground and actually think we'll never get sick due to stress. The feeling like vomiting at the sight of seeing something disgusting is just another example of how our bodies and minds are intricately and intimately bound with one another.
2007-03-04 16:28:27 · answer #3 · answered by K 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Let me make a hypothisis for evolutionary purpose. Lets take crap for instance.
When the cave man saw the little pile of crap, he gagged a little. Then when the tyranasarus left the 400pound load of turd, he gaged a lot and knew it was time to get out of there.
2007-03-04 16:32:37 · answer #4 · answered by shadycaliber 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
ShadyCal hit a homer. It dates back to the hunter-gatherer days when, you saw something that remotely looked like food, you ate it or starved, hence no leftover cavemen. (Except in car insurance commercials.) If it stayed down, food...uuummggoood. If not ,,,puke,,,,uuummmnotgggood.
2007-03-12 06:26:17 · answer #5 · answered by pattyswhacked 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
don't really know but if i hear country music i have to,mentally if not physically. vomit .country music is disgusting, and a perversion of the parent form of beautiful Irish music
2007-03-08 10:04:24 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
Vomiting is something that your body/mind finds unacceptable! Therefor it is dislodged. It is your body/mind protecting you.
2007-03-11 16:41:17 · answer #7 · answered by lee c 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't know I guess everybody is born that way
2007-03-12 14:34:13 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Because it irks our stomach.
2007-03-04 16:30:52 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
just happens
2007-03-12 14:26:03 · answer #10 · answered by beth b 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋