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The Migrating Motor Complex and Food Poisoning
The migrating motor complex is essentially kind of this street sweeper mechanism that clears the deck after a meal it only kicks in during a fasting state of 90 minutes or more. The small intestine improperly named is really long and windy so there's a lot of nooks and crannies and opportunities for an opportunist like bacteria or fungi or yeast to pull off the at the exit ramp, set up a little shanty town and stay for a while. Unfortunately there are a lot of different conditions and again lifestyle factors that can prevent the migrating motor complex from doing its job but one of the big ones is actually food poisoning.