why is it that food remains longer in the stomach if we are angry or excited?
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This is for the same reason that it remains longer if we exercise. The blood is diverted to where it needs to go; the lungs. Increased activity means an increased need for respiration, e.g. you need more oxygen!
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If you're anger or upset about something, you will be preoccupied with that thing and pay less attention on the road. In addition, you might turn into an aggressive driver (driving fast and dangerously). On the other hand, if you are happy, you will most likely drive slower and be watchful of the road.
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In the first stage of GAS called alarm reaction, the body releases adrenaline and a variety of other psychological mechanisms to combat the stress and to stay in control. This is called fight or flight response. The muscles tense, the heart beats faster, the breathing and perspiration increases, the eyes dilate, the stomach may clench. Believe it or not, this is done by nature to protect you in case something bad happens. Once the cause of the stress is removed, the body will go back to normal.\n\nIf the cause for the stress is not removed, GAS goes to its second stage called resistance or adaptation. This is the body’s response to long term protection. It secretes further hormones that increase blood sugar levels to sustain energy and raise blood pressure. The adrenal cortex (outer covering) produces hormones called corticosteroids for this resistance reaction. Overuse by the body's defense mechanism in this phase eventually leads to disease. If this adaptation phase continues for a prolonged period of time without periods of relaxation and rest to counterbalance the stress response, sufferers become prone to fatigue, concentration lapses, irritability and lethargy as the effort to sustain arousal slides into negative stress.\n\nThe third stage of GAS is called exhaustion. In this stage, the body has run out of its reserve of body energy and immunity. Mental, physical and emotional resources suffer heavily. The body experiences "adrenal exhaustion". The blood sugar levels decrease as the adrenals become depleted, leading to decreased stress tolerance, progressive mental and physical exhaustion, illness and collapse.
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Could be a lot of things.  They say it takes the stomach 20 minutes to realize it's full and tell the brain "okay stop eating"  so try making each meal last at least 20 minutes (eat slower)\n\nYou could be eating a lot of sugars or carbs that burn a lot faster then proteins so you feel hungry more often.\n\nStrange thing about the stomach.  It's like a balloon.  The more you eat the more stretched out it becomes.  The less you eat the smaller it becomes and then it doesn't take as much food to fill it.  The Gastric Bypass surgery works on this principal.
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It increases because you've eaten something, and then goes back to normal because you've burned off the calories and the rest of it you've excreted as waste. You are obviously eating exactly the right amount of food if you weigh the same amount every morning!
600591
during digestion the body produces gas and if you don't fart you'll be in alot of pain, that's one reason why babies cry alot is because they have gas
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This is my mother's belief, sometimes you have trapped gas in your stomach and the heat from the tea break the gas bubble.  Sometimes you eat too much after being empty for a while and the gas get trapped.  It's not scientific, but I go with it.
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Well the food is broken down by stomach acid (HCl). I'm not a biologist, but I believe all food undergoes the same general reaction.
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eat slower. burps are caused by excess air in the stomach that needs to be expelled. when people eat faster, they swallow more air than if they slow down a bit
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Taken from a website for kids:\n\nif your stomach makes noises, that means things are working well down there. The stomach naturally churns about, and is full of gastric juices to help aid digestion. If your tummy is grumbling, that's probably because you swallowed some air along with your food! This is perfectly fine, and in fact helps the food slosh around so it can be digested faster. Sometimes your stomach growls when it's upset -- in that case you should ask your parent or teacher for some tummy medicine.
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Certain foods causes a buildup of gases in the stomach. The expulsion of these gasses is what you call a fart.
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yeah but for me its some weird reason... when i'm in school my appitite just disappears... when I go and eat (I only eat a hashbrown cause my stomach isn't HUNGRY at all!!!) and then I feel like throwing it up =( .. then i'll buy a fruit juice to wash it down... not sure why but I think it depends on the mood o.O ... i'm no doctor but that's my hypothesis.
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There are several factors in your gastrointestinal system that make it do those noises.\nFirst, it is in constant movement due that it has its own nervous system which keeps it in movement so that all the nutrients can go through the system and can be absorbed at different points of your intestines; and there are a lot of hormones that help with this movement too, but they are activated in a more cyclic pattern according to when you had your last meal.\nInside the gastrointestinal system there are a lot of things that make funny noises when they are moved, all the food is in liquid form because the stomach used its acid and its movements to disolve and crush everything you ate, and in your small and large intestines there are billions of bacteria that produce gas; when you move liquids they make noise and if you mix gas and liquids you get bubbles that when pop make noise too.\nSo in conclusion the noise comes from the constant moving of the contents of your gastrointestinal system led by the nervous and endocrine system.
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Probably because you've already filled one need, hunger, and you're feeling rather satisfied.  Also, it takes energy to digest.  When you're having sex and are hungry...you're ready for that matter at hand and you're putting all your energy into it.  At least that's my hypothesis.
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I am no doctor, but I personally believe that any mind-altering thing lessens one's ability to reason. Once reason is gone, the person is simply reactive. If they react faster, it is because they lack ability to think about, or weigh, their response. It may not necessarily be anger; it may be laughter, fear, sadness, anything. If the response came too fast (without thought, or reason) -then I  say "Yes", drugs made that person's fuse very short.
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I'm not sure there can be an answer to this...people have a strong tendency to enjoy things that bring them pleasure and to continue doing those things, while avoiding doing things that bring them pain.  Hunger hurts, while being full brings a feeling of well being.  It is an instinctual reaction that can even override self preservation instincts.  Mice hooked up to electrodes have a choice of two buttons...one stimulates their pleasure centers, and the other produces food.  They starve to death through their own actions.
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Due to\n1. Abdominal:transient following over distension of  stomach with food or drink or irritation of the stomach. 2.  Due to causes in the organs inside the chest, 3. Due to causes affecting the brain 4, Toxic causes and 5. Functional like following bouts of laughter, swallowing, or evidence of Hysteria   6.Without any demonstrable cause.