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Food comas: why overeating makes you sleepy

Food comas: why overeating makes you sleepy

FromThinking Nutrition


Food comas: why overeating makes you sleepy

FromThinking Nutrition

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Length:
11 minutes
Released:
Oct 13, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Feeling sleepy after a big meal? Is moving to the couch the only activity you’re capable of after Christmas lunch? You may just have been the victim of a food coma. Food comas are a real thing. And there is plenty of science to explain why the food binge you just took part in has done what it has to you. In this podcast, I explore the food coma in all its physiological and neurological glory and explain how you can help prevent it. Links referred to in the podcast High-GI meals and sleep onset https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17284739Episode transcriptTo access the full episode transcript, go to the following link and select the individual podcast episode and then click on the ‘Transcript’ tab https://thinkingnutrition.buzzsprout.comConnect with meInstagram: doctimcroweFacebook: Thinking NutritionTwitter: CroweTim
Released:
Oct 13, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

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Thinking Nutrition is all about presenting the latest nutrition research in plain language and then translating this into what it means for your health. Dr Tim Crowe is a career nutrition research scientist and an Advanced Accredited Practising Dietitian. Tim has over 25 years of research and teaching experience in the university and public health sectors, covering areas of basic laboratory research, clinical nutrition trials and public health nutrition. He now works chiefly as a freelance health and medical writer and science communicator.