Why do I always feel sleepy after I

[Kalos]

eat. Whatever I eat, I feel like snoozing afterwards. I have been off juice for about 9 weeks and I am 24 years old.

 

[Lumberg]

Simple. When you eat, your body directs more of your circulation to your digestive organs to absorb the nutrients. That means less blood flow to your brain. Voila, you are tired.

JC

 

[dumbell150]

Drop your carbs and you wont get sleepy.....

 

[juicetothegills]

take some extreme ripped force

 

[jdubs952]

Blood in the stomach, i love that one.... You get tired b/c you move from the Fight/Flight part of the ANS to the Rest/Digest. Its the parasympathetic division of the ANS.

 

[Xtreme2001]

I'm in the same boat.

I hate it. I eat a meal, I wanna sleep.

It's fucking hard during school, but I manage.

 

[kyle]

Yep...
Could being getting sleepy because of an insulin spike.

FH

yes, to elaborate (if i remember correctly):
the insulin spike unnaturally raises seratonin levels in the brain which antagonize norepinephrine

basically, you have alot of the chemicals in your brain that make you feel sleepy/letharginc and very few that make you feel alert/wired

eat smaller meals if possible or cut the carbs

btw that digesting one was ridiculous lol. by that logic, exercise would make you sleepy wouldn't it - all the blood needs to go to the muscles!!!

 

[Dr.Big]

tryptophene (sp) is the amino acid that is converted into seratonin in the brain, but it needs insulin ti cross the blood/brain barrier. hints fat people saying that they eat to be happy se

 

[rnch]

how much sleep do you get at night?

anything less than 6 hours of sleep per night and i get sleepy when i eat.

 

[ccorah]

It is because of the insulin spike. if you don"t agree then eat a meal w/o carbs and see if it still happens. Who knows, maybe i am wrong.

 

[RADAR]

Well i own my own business so i just add an extra hr for my naptime-works like a charm!

RADAR