is lying down after eating bad for digestion?
 

i heard it is. is it?

is lying down after eating bad for digestion?
 

ville terminale wrote:
> i heard it is. is it?

Nuts. Just like 'wait 30 minutes before swimming' after eating is a myth.

Jill

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On Sat, 14 Feb 2004 15:31:17 -0600, jmcquown > wrote:
> ville terminale wrote:
>> i heard it is. is it?
>
> Nuts. Just like 'wait 30 minutes before swimming' after eating is a myth.

I'm curious, do you actually have sources for this? I've
always heard that particularly for people who suffer from heartburn or
GERD, lying down after eating should be avoided.

As for the swimming after eating idea, it's not like it's fatal
if you do. But generally people agree that if you've eaten a large or
rich meal, strenuous activity afterward isn't going to help digestion
and may increase your tendency to get cramps. I find that a nice walk
after a meal helps with digestion.

Ariane

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While frolicking around in rec.food.cooking, jmcquown of said:

>Nuts. Just like 'wait 30 minutes before swimming' after eating is a myth.
>
I guess it's a good idea, if you've had a big meal, to wait for a while
before swimming.
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Ariane Jenkins wrote:
> On Sat, 14 Feb 2004 15:31:17 -0600, jmcquown >
> wrote:
>> ville terminale wrote:
>>> i heard it is. is it?
>>
>> Nuts. Just like 'wait 30 minutes before swimming' after eating is a
>> myth.
>
> I'm curious, do you actually have sources for this? I've
> always heard that particularly for people who suffer from heartburn or
> GERD, lying down after eating should be avoided.

The only sources I have are my mother telling me 'don't go swimming for an
hour'. But I can only imagine it is due to the fact that the body uses up
more energy when trying to digest food, therefore you may become tired more
easily.

Similiarly, the body slows down due to the digestive processes and thus you
should not eat late and night and then go to bed when your entire metabolism
is slowed. Fat cannot be burned off due to inertia. This is why I don't
generally eat after 7:00 p.m.

Jill

> As for the swimming after eating idea, it's not like it's fatal
> if you do. But generally people agree that if you've eaten a large or
> rich meal, strenuous activity afterward isn't going to help digestion
> and may increase your tendency to get cramps. I find that a nice walk
> after a meal helps with digestion.
>
> Ariane

is lying down after eating bad for digestion?
 

On 14 Feb 2004 10:44:34 -0800, (ville
terminale) wrote:

>i heard it is. is it?

People who suffer from heartburn or acid reflux (GERD) often have a
weakness in the muscle that's supposed to keep stomach contents from
rising back up into the esophagus. One of the recommendations to avoid
this is to keep gravity on the job -- i.e., the more upright you are,
the less chance for 'heartburn.' Thus, waiting for food to start its
travels through the digestive system is helpful. The
condition/symptoms are often related to overweight. So while there's
no harm in taking a nap after dinner, if one "just can't move" after a
meal and suffer from heartburn, one might try either napping in a
chair or moderating one's intake.

is lying down after eating bad for digestion?
 

jmcquown wrote:

> ville terminale wrote:
>
>>i heard it is. is it?
>
>
> Nuts. Just like 'wait 30 minutes before swimming' after eating is a myth.
>
> Jill
>
>

If you suffer from GERD (a condition in which reflux from your stomach
burns your esophagus,) it is not only advisable to wait one hour prior
to going to sleep, but that you elevate the head at least 25 degrees or
more to prevent reflux. Of course, it depends on what you eat, and how
bad the disease is, and whether you are under treatment with a PPI
(proton pump inhibitor like Nexium,) et cetera.

Rich

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Ariane Jenkins wrote:

> On Sat, 14 Feb 2004 15:31:17 -0600, jmcquown > wrote:
>
>>ville terminale wrote:
>>
>>>i heard it is. is it?
>>
>>Nuts. Just like 'wait 30 minutes before swimming' after eating is a myth.
>
>
> I'm curious, do you actually have sources for this? I've
> always heard that particularly for people who suffer from heartburn or
> GERD, lying down after eating should be avoided.
>
> As for the swimming after eating idea, it's not like it's fatal
> if you do. But generally people agree that if you've eaten a large or
> rich meal, strenuous activity afterward isn't going to help digestion
> and may increase your tendency to get cramps. I find that a nice walk
> after a meal helps with digestion.
>
> Ariane
>
How this evolved was the situation in which people with coronary artery
disease dropped dead or developed massive heart attacks for exerting
themselves after large meals. The exertion only served as a catalyst for
the event; the event was going to take place within the next few hours
or days (there was an unstable lesion in one of the coronaries, and the
exertion initiated the cascade of plaque rupture, et cetera.)

Rich

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is lying down after eating bad for digestion?
 

MEow > wrote:
> While frolicking around in rec.food.cooking, jmcquown of said:

>>Nuts. Just like 'wait 30 minutes before swimming' after eating is a myth.
>>
> I guess it's a good idea, if you've had a big meal, to wait for a while
> before swimming.

Depends on what you mean by "swimming." When I was a kid, I used to spend
a good deal of time at an aunt & uncle's house in Florida. My uncle owned
a pool building business and he always had an amazing pool with waterfall,
slide, diving board, and we always jumped in the pool right after we ate,
even after a heavy meal. The only warning we got was not to be too
energetic because it could cause muscle cramping. Sure enough, when I
got too energetic (playing water polo, whatever), I did get cramps in
my legs. In a deep body of water, someone who gets cramps can drown so
a good rule of thumb is to simply take it easy after eating a heavy
meal, but avoiding swimming entirely is overkill.

is lying down after eating bad for digestion?
 

"jmcquown" > wrote in message >. ..
> ville terminale wrote:
> > i heard it is. is it?
>
> Nuts. Just like 'wait 30 minutes before swimming' after eating is a myth.
>
> Jill

when food in stomach, blood flow to stomach and not as much blood for
rest of body. so if you exercise hard after big meal, not get enough
oxygen for rest of body as blood flow more to stomachy.

it's like no good study after eat. blood go to stomach and less for
head. that make for more drowsy and it harder to study.

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MEow wrote:

> I guess it's a good idea, if you've had a big meal, to wait for a while
> before swimming.


The idea that one must wait after eating before going in the water lest
dire danger strike the impatient swimmer is an urban legend:

http://www.snopes.com/spoons/oldwives/hourwait.htm


--Lia

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On Sat, 14 Feb 2004 16:26:37 -0600, jmcquown > wrote:
>
> The only sources I have are my mother telling me 'don't go swimming for an
> hour'. But I can only imagine it is due to the fact that the body uses up
> more energy when trying to digest food, therefore you may become tired more
> easily.
[snip]

I actually meant if you had any sources the whole lying
down after you eat theory being nuts. It seems like there's more
common sense to that than the swimming myth, anyway.

My mother always told my brother and I about no swimming
for an hour after we ate, but I suspect it was to keep us out of the
water so she didn't have to watch us for a while after a meal. ;P

Ariane

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"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
> ville terminale wrote:
> > i heard it is. is it?
>
> Nuts. Just like 'wait 30 minutes before swimming' after eating is a myth.
>
> Jill


I hope you're being sarcastic, Jill. Either that, or you've never had
reflux. It's a God-awful experience and lying down within 2-3 hours of
eating is enough for me to have to go through it.

kimberly
>

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>If you suffer from GERD (a condition in which reflux from your stomach
>burns your esophagus,) it is not only advisable to wait one hour prior
>to going to sleep, but that you elevate the head at least 25 degrees or
>more to prevent reflux. Of course, it depends on what you eat, and how
>bad the disease is, and whether you are under treatment with a PPI
>(proton pump inhibitor like Nexium,) et cetera.

for me it is about 2 to 3 hours. and if I eat something with grain in it it
could be 5 hours. I go to bed hungry if I can.

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On Sun, 15 Feb 2004 19:35:03 GMT, Ariane Jenkins
> wrote:

>On Sat, 14 Feb 2004 16:26:37 -0600, jmcquown > wrote:
>>
>> The only sources I have are my mother telling me 'don't go swimming for an
>> hour'.

> My mother always told my brother and I about no swimming
>for an hour after we ate, but I suspect it was to keep us out of the
>water so she didn't have to watch us for a while after a meal.

http://www.active.com/story.cfm?story_id=4475

has a few answers. Swimming after eating is debatable; lying down
after eating with a heartburn/GERD problem isn't.