What Does Pooping Right After Eating Do? Understanding the Gastrocolic Reflex
                                
                                
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                                Fact: The urge to go to the bathroom after a meal is caused by a physiological trigger, not the immediate digestion of the food itself. This natural response, known as the gastrocolic reflex, explains what pooping right after eating does by stimulating the colon to make room for new food.