Gastrocolic reflex is one of your body’s natural reflexes. It signals your colon to empty food once it gets to your stomach to make room for more. But, if the reflex goes into overdrive, you may have ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Woman with roll of toilet paper. If you’re always running to the restroom after every meal, you might think you’re digestive ...

You just polished off a delicious dinner at an outdoor restaurant with a friend and you’re lingering over a post-meal cup of tea (or cocktail) when it hits you: you gotta poop. Among the questions you ...

Arguably one of the worst times to feel the urge to poop is in the middle of a meal or when you’ve just wrapped up. No one wants to deal with literal crap when the taste of, say, eggs or enchiladas ...

How long digestion takes can vary by individual. If you feel you have to poop after every meal, you might have an overactive gastrocolic reflex, which is a natural reflex to eating. Do you ever have ...

It happens to the best of us! One moment we are enjoying our favourite meal and second, we feel the need to run to the bathroom. For most of us, this might be a normal thing, to immediately poop after ...

The gastrocolic reflex is a normal reaction that moves the colon after eating to make more room for food. Symptoms of an overactive gastrocolic reflex can include abdominal pain, cramping, and ...

Do you have the routine habit of going to the washroom just after eating your meal? For most of us, having a bowel movement immediately after eating anything solid might be normal, but for some, this ...

Do you get the urge to poop right after every meal? Yes. This is not a healthy habit. If this happens to you regularly, you should immediately put a check on it. For many, this is not just worrisome ...

Few people are eager to discuss bathroom behaviors with their doctor, even though most people have the nagging question, ‘are my bathroom habits normal?’ According to gastroenterologists, it depends.

Q. I am a 48-year-old woman who has the sudden onset (within a half-hour) of uncontrollable watery diarrhea after eating in restaurants. I’m trying to narrow down the cause and believe it’s either ...