Learn the medical reasons behind loud stomach noises (borborygmi) and how diet, stress, and hunger influence them. Get expert ...

Your stomach is actually most active when it is empty.

A rumbling stomach is often a natural occurrence. But frequent, unusually loud sounds or the lack of abdominal sounds may indicate an underlying health condition. Stomach and bowel sounds, also known ...

It’s mid-happy hour on a first date, and you’re suddenly hit with the realization that you worked through lunch. Right on cue, your stomach chimes in with its own grumbly greeting to your suitor. No ...

Bodies! We've all got one, and it makes a lot of noises. Some of them are good, and some are signals of potential trouble. As Dr. Natalie Azar explained on TODAY Monday, five noises in particular may ...

Why do our stomachs always seem to make the most noise in the quietest rooms? Although stomachs are technically just as likely to rumble in noisy areas as they are in quiet ones, borborygmi (another ...

Many people experience “stomach growling” after eating. Also known as borborygmi, it is the sound of muscle contractions and gas formation in the digestive system as food passes through the intestines ...

In social situations, there’s nothing worse than your stomach doing the talking for you. The grunting, growling, egregious sounds emanating from the human belly are letting you — and sometimes ...

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Mark A. W. Andrews, associate professor of physiology and associate director of the Independent Study program at the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, provides the following explanation.