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I occasionally fast from 4pm to 8am and have, several times, had painful, "stuck" gas in my lower GI tract. It's the kind that just sits there & is hard to move out. Anyone else get this? It's typically gone the next morning, certainly after breakfast and a good old bowel movement.

I'm interested in what might be causing this - like, does fasting cause the bowel to stop peristalsis?

flag	asked Oct 14 2011 at 13:01 Jessica G 3,058●2●17

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No, it doesn't stop. Mucus and dead bacteria still have to be moved out. – majkinetor Oct 14 2011 at 13:03

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But eating a meal triggers peristalsis. So it does make sense that not eating will inhibit it. At least that's been the case for me. Which is why, as someone with IBS and a lot of trapped gas issues, I don't fast - I want to keep things moving as much as possible. I've been known to eat a meal just so I can pass some gas. – Renee Feb 13 2012 at 12:03

Paul Brin · Answer 1 · 2011-10-14 13:49:56Z UTC

Try sleeping on your left side, so that the weight of your organs press down on your intestines, and then in the morning do a few easy yoga postures such as the Child Pose, and The Wind Relieving Pose as seen here; http://www.santosha.com/pavana.html

Nutritionator · Answer 2 · 2011-10-14 14:24:32Z UTC

I get the same thing and my totally unscientific n=1 hypothesis is that it might be due bacteria "freaking out" and ramping up their activity (gas production) before they die off. I'm sure there's a thousand other possible explanations out there, this just what my lowly brain has been able to come up with as to why this happens.

Curtis · Answer 3 · 2012-07-29 02:36:39Z UTC

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It's probably something in your diet. Your body can't digest something. So the bacteria have to do it which leads to excessive methane production

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Curtis.2 · Answer 4 · 2012-07-29 02:38:33Z UTC

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Forgot to say fasting would make it worse because the bacteria have nothing else to do.

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shani · Answer 5 · 2013-03-05 23:04:48Z UTC

wow. i know this is way old, but for anyone wondering the answer to this i'd like to give it a go. fasting=lack of food. do this long enough and your body may wind up in starvation mode. the body perceives this as famine (danger!) and slows down the metabolism. slow metabolism=slow moving...uh...well you know. slow poop! knock off the fasting OR eat WAY more during your meal times.

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