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Moment Of Um

Why do our tummies rumble when we’re hungry?

Moment Of Um

Lemonada Media

Kids & Family, Education For Kids

4.41.5K Ratings

🗓️ 14 August 2024

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Have you ever noticed your tummy sometimes makes a little grumbly rumbly sound when it’s time for a snack? What’s up with that? We asked Dr. Lily Dara to help us find the answer. Got a question that’s hard to stomach? Send it to us at BrainsOn.org/contact – we’ve got a gut feeling we’ll be able to answer it! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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0:00.0

From the brains behind brains on, this is the moment of um.

0:10.5

Moment of um comes to you from APM studios. I'm Barry and I'm a speck of black pepper.

0:19.2

Um.

0:26.4

I have the best job in the entire world, seasoning your food.

0:31.9

My buddies and I live inside a pepper shaker on your kitchen table, waiting for the day that you decide to sprinkle us on a delicious meal.

0:36.9

Lots of nights, when the rest of my pepper buds are snoozing,

0:40.7

I lay awake and imagine what kind of food I'll get to season someday.

0:46.1

Spicy kimchi ramen?

0:48.8

Scrambled eggs?

0:50.6

Caesar salad?

0:52.1

The possibilities are endless. But sometimes I get a little impatient. Like I can hear your

1:01.0

tummy rumbling from across the room and I think, come on, just grab a meal and sprinkle me on it.

1:07.9

I know you're hungry. I mean, I think a rumbly tummy means you're hungry, right? Huh,

1:14.3

why does it do that anyway? Rosemary was just asking about this. Hi, my name is Rosemary,

1:22.3

and I'm from Dallas, Texas. My question is, why does your stomach rumble when you're hungry?

1:35.1

Music Texas. My question is, why does your stomach rumble when you're hungry? Hi, I'm Lily Dara. I am a gastroenterologist and an assistant professor of medicine at the University of

1:42.3

Southern California in Los Angeles. Gastroenterologist is a doctor that treats people who have a stomach and bowel and liver and pancreas

1:52.0

disorders. So basically if you have a tummy ache or if you have diarrhea or liver disease,

1:58.0

then you'd come to a gastroenterologist. So to start off, you have to understand what the

2:03.3

GI system, the stomach and the intestines do. Basically, their job is to get all the good stuff out

2:09.7

of food, what we call nutrients, so that we can grow stronger and we can remain healthy. In order to do

2:15.9

that, once you eat the food,

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