Migrating motor complex

That happens in the large intestine.

The migrating motor complex happens in the small intestine.

Now, the migrating motor complex can become damaged or slowed, or there may be something structurally wrong with the intestines that is disrupting the MMC, which is what we call the migrating motor complex for short.

This disruption, this damage, this slowing down of the MMC is the root cause of SIBO.

Something is either structurally wrong or functionally wrong with the migrating motor complex.

This damage can be, and is usually, caused by food poisoning or gastroenteritis.

But in endometriosis patients, we also have other risk factors that can affect the health of our MMC, from adhesions sticking to our intestines to co-conditions that alter motility, like Ehlers-Danlos syndrome.

But there's also an intriguing behavior seen in our intestines which seems unique to us endo patients.

We likely need to peel back the layers here, definitely run some testing, and also start to work on your gut motility.

Now, I have a whole podcast episode on the migrating motor complex.

I want to say it's episode 72, but we will make sure that we put the right one in the show notes for you below.

If this is resonating with you, please go listen to this episode because I have tons of tips in there and I go into more depth about the science of the MMC and why it's important and all of that kind of stuff.

And that's your migrating motor complex.

This is what's kind of helping to influence the movement of food through your GI tract.

And it's one of your guts built in self-cleaning mechanisms that helps to prevent the spectral overgrowth from taking place.