Unexplained Symptoms? It Could Be SIBO
The Microbiome Report
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.
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