Losing weight doesn’t change actual stomach size
Q: Does my stomach actually shrink when I lose weight? A: Not exactly. But here’s why you might feel full. Our stomachs have a reflex called receptive relaxation: As food enters your stomach, the muscles relax and expand out to accommodate more volume. In fact, your stomach can expand up to five times its volume […]
Eating to fight peptic ulcers
People used to say stomach ulcers were caused by too much stress or spicy food, and the best thing to do when the pain flared up was to drink a nice big glass of milk. It turns out everything about that statement was wrong. What they are A peptic ulcer is an open sore that […]
