Regurgitation

While this topic is not the best for dinner table conversation, most of us have experienced this process at one time or another. And a lot of us have questions about why it happens, how it works, etc. So here are a few answers that we hope will help satisfy your curiosity:

General questions about vomiting: How do you make yourself throw up?; Why is vomit green?; Why do we throw up when we have a concussion or when we are drunk?; What happens: the physiology of vomiting; Why do we sweat when we regurgitate (puke)?; Why do you vomit bile when it is produced "downstream" of the stomach?; Can a frog survive being swallowed then vomited by a cat?; What are some other words for "vomit"?
Why do people vomit?: What factors stimulate vomiting, and what are the consequences?; Definition of bulimia nervosa; How does anorexia or any other eating disorder affect a developing baby?
Where can I learn more?: Yucky: Vomit; Definition of anorexia nervosa; Something Fishy - website on eating disorders; Internet Mental Health on Eating Disorders, including medical complications