What Happens When You Overeat
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After stuffing our faces at the Thanksgiving table tomorrow, many of us will claim that our stomachs feel like they're about to burst. But can we really die from
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The average stomach typically contains around 1 liter, or two cups, of food. Your stomach has an upper-limit before it tries to send that
This response to overindulging in food or drink is true for most of the population. There are some cases, however, where people have managed to ignore their natural gag reflex and keep eating, causing their stomachs to rupture. (In 2003, "excessive over-eating" was reported as the cause of a 49-year-old man's stomach rupturing).
"Most cases of rupture seem to occur when a person has attempted to stuff their stomach with about five liters of food or fluid," according to NBC News. These people may have a history of disordered eating and have become accustomed to their stomach muscles stretching beyond their normal limits. Their brains also ignore signals telling them to stop eating.
When your stomach is filled with too much stuff and you don't vomit, all of that mass gets pushed up against the stomach's walls and can lead to it rupturing.
You can learn more about digestion and what happens after food enters the mouth in the
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