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Doctor shares what it means if you always need to poo immediately after you eat

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Updated 07:51 19 Aug 2024 GMT+1Published 11:21 18 Aug 2024 GMT+1

Doctor shares what it means if you always need to poo immediately after you eat

The urge to go to the toilet straight after eating could be a matter of brain signals

Mia Williams

Mia Williams

A doctor has revealed what could be happening in your body if you always feel the need to poo immediately after eating.

There seems to be a lot of advice surrounding our bowel movements - how often we should be going, what a 'normal' one looks like, etc.

But there's now new revelations about what could be happening if you feel the urge to go right after eating... An experience I imagine a lot of us have shared throughout the course of life.

Bowel movements right after eating are usually not a sign of anything untoward. (Getty Stock Images)
Bowel movements right after eating are usually not a sign of anything untoward. (Getty Stock Images)

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Dr. Joseph Salhab recently shared on TikTok that needing to go to the loo instantly after eating doesn't necessarily mean you have something wrong, such as irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), but that it could simply be to do with your brain functions.

He noted that 'it’s not because food is moving instantly throughout your GI tract', as many of us would first assume.

Instead, he claims that the process involves signals to your brain.

In the video, he states: "When you eat and you feel like you have to use the restroom right after, this is something called the gastrocolic reflex."

And his theory is backed up by the NHS, which says: "It is a physiological reflex that occurs in response to stretching of the stomach after eating a meal and the arrival of by-products of digestion in the small intestine.”

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The doctor suggests that signals are sent to your brain right after you eat. (Getty Stock Images)
The doctor suggests that signals are sent to your brain right after you eat. (Getty Stock Images)

According to the expert, within about 20-30 minutes of eating, the stretching of your stomach sends your brain a signal that you’re full of food.

And this is where we have to make some room somehow...

As expected, the doctor suggested that 'your colon begins to contract to make more room for the food', hence why your brain might be telling you to nip to the loo.

And apparently, it's a stronger reflex just after breakfast in the morning.

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Whilst going to the toilet straight after eating usually doesn't indicate any internal problems, Dr. Salhab said that people with IBS are more sensitive to the reflex.



This is why alongside feeling the urge, some people might also experience abdominal cramping, and may even suffer from diarrhoea.

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He revealed that for those with IBS, 'the contractions of the colon can be very powerful'.

Despite each case presenting different causes, the doctor warned that there are a few things that can worsen symptoms for everyone.

These include - fizzy drinks, sugary drinks, booze, dairy, fried foods, and even some citrus fruit.

Featured Image Credit: Getty Stock Image

Topics: Health, Food And Drink

Mia Williams
Mia Williams

Mia is a freelance writer for LADBible, and an award-winning trainee journalist at the UK’s No.1 journalism school, News Associates.

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