why do people feel sleepy after eating food?
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Registered Nurse here; Because it increases your blood sugar level, and some studies indicate that the brain releases increased levels of dopamine, (theory not fact).  Plus we have taken a break from our work schedule, get our tummies full, and like a any well feed animal, we are ready for a little snooze. LOL. \nThanks for the opportunity to answer such a delightful question. \nYawn--Just ate.
252413
Its the same thing as if you were to eat a very large dinner (think back to how you felt after last Thanksgiving) your body is using up so much of its energy digesting that you feel physically tired. Try using water instead of milk, or if that tastes too bad just less milk. You are taking in too many calories for your body to handle it all.
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Unfortunately, I am in the same boat. Except with me, it's EVERY time I eat that I feel this way. I've been to the doctor, and they've told me that there's nothing wrong with me, but I know better. It's not right for a person to have to sit still and not talk because they feel they'll get sick after they've just ate. It sucks, I know. If you find something that works for you, please, please email me. Thanks.
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There are at least two problems that involve disordered eating primarily at night: night eating syndrome, which is discusssed here, and nocturnal sleep-related eating disorder, which is described on another page on our site. We suggest you read the material on both so you will have a better understanding of these perplexing and distressing problems.\n\n   \n\nSigns and symptoms\nThe person has little or no appetite for breakfast. Delays first meal for several hours after waking up. Is not hungry or is upset about how much was eaten the night before. \n \nEats more food after dinner than during that meal. \n \nEats more than half of daily food intake during and after dinner but before breakfast. May wake up and leave the bed to snack at night. May not be aware at the time of what they are doing. \n \nThis pattern has persisted for at least two months. \n \nPerson feels tense, anxious, upset, or guilty while eating. \n \nNES is thought to be stress related and is often accompanied by depression. Especially at night the person may be moody, tense, anxious, nervous, agitated, etc. \n \nHas trouble falling asleep or staying asleep. Wakes frequently and then often eats. \n \nFoods ingested are often carbohydrates: sugary and starchy. \n \nBehavior is not like binge eating which is done in relatively short episodes. Night-eating syndrome involves continual eating throughout evening hours. \n \n This eating produces guilt and shame, not enjoyment. \n \n   \n\nHow many people have night-eating syndrome?\nPerhaps only one to two percent (1-2%) of adults in the general population have this problem, but research at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine suggests that about six percent of people who seek treatment for obesity have NES. Another study suggests that more than a quarter (27%) of people who are overweight by at least 100 pounds have the problem.
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Eating food raises your blood's sugar level as it gets digested.  The rising sugar level causes your pancreas to increase insulin.  It is the sharp increase of insulin into your blood, which then LOWERS your blood sugar level, which causes the sleepiness.  Higher glycemic index foods (starches, sugars, simple carbohydrates) make this effect more pronounced.
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good question, my dad always used to tell me this, here's what happens eating right before sleep causes you to fall into deep sleep very quickly, but here's what happens becuase are asleep so soon after eating, your body has no time to digest the food until you are at a Stage 1 sleeping state, right before you wake up. the dreams you remember all occur in stage one, you essentially ahve hundreds of dreams a night but the only ones htat you remember and see vividly occur at stage one. Stage one therefore is prolonged when eating right before because your body wants to digest while you are resting and it has a lot of food to digest because it hadnt had a chance to digest it earlier
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I have the same problem. If I go usually more than 6 to 8 hours without eating, I get looney. I start shaking, cant concentrate and feel like I'm going to pass out. I try to make sure I have a snack with protein with me at all times. Protein is better than sugar for a quick fix until you can eat. If you eat something sweet, it wears off quickly. I'm not a diabetic either.
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What your thinking of is Tryptophan, but, most likely that's not what makes us sleepy.  What makes us sleepy is that we eat SO MUCH food on thanksgiving.  Lots of foods high in calories, we like to rest while we digest that much.  Cranberry sauce, cakes, pies, candied yams, those all have a lot of sugar too, first we feel a "sugar high" then when it "wears off" we feel the "low".
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After taking the meal don;t go for sleep immediately and if that problem arisies in a day also then do not sit continously on a one place keep yourself moving.  \n\nThe best remedy is take some METHI KE DANNE after your meal with water that will help you lot to digest your food, and don;t take too much oily & spicy food.
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I saw a story on Sumo Wrestlers and how they immediately nap after eating so they can pack on the pounds. Any kind of moving around after eating even if it is just minor walking starts to burn the calories, sleeping burns the fewest calories.
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You may feel sleepy due to following reasons:\n1. Lack of sleep at yesterday night - resolve it by finding out the sufficient time what you need for your sleep\n2. Lack of interst with your activity:\n  Resolve it by understaing the importance and how impactive that event is for ur life\n3. Reading/Studying for long Hrs:\n  You should always take break while studying for long period. If you don't have time then do shake any of ur body part frequently. Since, if you are sitting at same position 4 long time then ur brain stop getting required O2 and you can realize it via yawn. So do take little walk, go for water, chat with ur friendz then come and carry on ur activity\n4. Due to body condition:- Consuly a good doctor
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Drink tons of water so that you always feel full. If you feel full, you won't think about food so much. \n\nEat meals that are flavorful, but low fat. High flavor foods help you to feel satisfied after you have eaten.
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Assuming the total number of calories, and the general distribution of necessary nutrients is the same, I think many small meals is easier on your digestion, and gives you less of the ups and downs of blood sugar and protein to the brain than two or three large meals.  Ever notice how people tend to fall asleep after a large meal?  That's because the blood is diverted from the brain to the digestive system, leaving them stupid and sleepy.
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If you've been trying your best to keep sugar and snacks at a minimum, even the smallest snack eaten after a little while of eating properly can cause you some discomfort. Your body almost "forgets" how to properly digest fats, sugars, starches and salts and gets very "upset", so to speak, when it must all of a sudden break these things down.
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with folic acid\ntryptophan is not produced in the body unless activated by folic acid, otherwise the only way to get it is to eat turkey, etc\nit is the chemical that causes us to be sleepy if we eat turkey
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no, there are many foods that have ingredients that make you sleepy. For example A good turkey dinner. Plus it is perfectly normal becuase your body does not feel the need to search for food for the time being.
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Yes, my hubby heard on the radio that it does.  I also feel that when you are asleep you cannot be eating.  The longer people stay awake the more they eat.  The less people sleep the fatter they get.  Americans have slept less and less and they have become more and more obese.  During sleep your body conducts a lot of healing and recovery activities.  With no sleep it can't repair the damage.  I don't know the exact mechanism why it helps you lose weight, but it came from a reputable source (NPR)