Loud stomach growls are usually a sign of a healthy digestive system at work, driven by muscle contractions moving gas and ...

Your stomach is actually most active when it is empty.

Your stomach growls are a normal part of digestion. This sound, called borborygmus, happens as gas and fluids move through ...

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 ...

You know a rumbling tummy is a sign you haven’t eaten in a while. But there’s a lot more going on down there than a quaking plea for more food. Like street sweepers cleaning up after a parade, the ...

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.