Why is refeeding slowly necessary after a long term fast?

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Why is refeeding slowly necessary after a long term fast?

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To add, your guts stop peristalsis (the kind of wave-like movement which pushes everything through them) when there is no food going through for a while, so when feeding starts again it has to go slow to make sure the peristalsis starts up again properly.

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