# My tummy hurts & I'm hungry! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 13, 2005, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tummy-hurts-im-hungry/308080 "2005-06-13T14:54:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tummy-hurts-im-hungry/308080/1 "2005-06-13T14:54:37Z")
Apparently I’m a thread-starting machine today. Anyway, it seems I ate something yesterday that didn’t agree with me. Well, it \*really \* didn’t agree with me, to the point that the Bathroom Has Been My Friend. I haven’t eaten anything since then (I’m pretty sure I know what the culprit was), and my tummy is occasionally rolling and generally I don’t feel great. I came in to work, because I thought I felt better! What makes it worse is, since my tummy is being emptied, now I’m hungry. Yet every time I think of eating anything I feel sick again. Talk about a rock and a hard place. Anyway I’m just rambling but I really wanted to tell someone. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tummy-hurts-im-hungry/308080/2 "2005-06-13T15:01:03Z")
Poor **Anaamika**! Don’t forget to keep your fluids topped up, if you’re losing them through… er, a manner other than perspiration. Any way you can have soup for lunch? A simple broth would be best. And ginger ale soothes rumbly tummies. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tummy-hurts-im-hungry/308080/3 "2005-06-13T15:10:21Z")
Try a tums or rolaids. I find Maalox and/or the pink stuff even better. The nice part is that it will also calm the stomach acids and make you feel less hungry. It was Taco Bell wasn’t it?! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tummy-hurts-im-hungry/308080/4 "2005-06-13T15:10:36Z")
Yeeeccccch. That’s the worst, and I know, I was there just last week. Keep something fluid-y close by. Warm, flat soda is good if you can’t get ginger ale. For some reason, plain water never makes that feel better. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tummy-hurts-im-hungry/308080/5 "2005-06-13T15:27:36Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > It was Taco Bell wasn’t it?! 🙂 No, not Taco Bell. I haven’t eaten there in years. It was a perfectly respectable & good restaurant, so I don’t really want to malign them. It was more spicy than even I’m used to, plus for all I know the heat could have done it, too. Thanks for all the helpful stuff, it really makes me feel better. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2005, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-tummy-hurts-im-hungry/308080/6 "2005-06-13T15:31:37Z")
Gatorade might also help, since you’re losing so many fluids. Other than that, try “white” carbs: white bread, white rice, white pasta (no acidic tomato sauce), or plain crackers like Saltines.