Something strange happens after a bout of food poisoning or food-related illness — you feel incredibly cleansed.

I’ve done a lot of experimenting with food over the years and have eaten a lot of questionable roadside snacks while travelling.

I have above-average experience with food poisoning.

And after the hours or days of pain and internal chaos, there’s a strange feeling of physical rebirth. There’s a lightness to the body, almost as though the body purged not only the illness but everything else in the digestive system causing trouble under the radar.

I’m not a doctor, and I have absolutely no idea what causes this phenomenon.

But it’s real.