Getting Sleepy After Eating

No person , no Dr has the answer. A lot of people are SUFFERING from this issue, including me. I HATE IT, I fight it as long as I can and then give in and go to sleep for 30 Min to an hour. It does not matter what I eat. Drs and people dismiss it as no big deal. It is a big deal when you have to fight your way home behind the wheel of your car and your children are in the back seat. I think lack of Oxygen may have something to do with it??? I am going to have to try some things on my own. Good Luck Everyone, I am praying for an answer.

two reasons I have found in my life. first is insulin resistance. You body initially releases a small amount of insulin to process blood sugar from the meal. If you are insulin resistant, it wont be enough so the body panics and releases a large amount. This can cause low blood sugar and also causes serotonin levels to rise in the brain. ZZZZZ Chromium supplement, cinnamon, avoiding sugar all day.

Next is digestion. If the body cant handle digesting your food, it will signal your brain it needs to sleep so it can catch up. Keep your gall bladder and liver working well. Lemon juice in the morning, liver cleanse, vigorous exercise.

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Everyone in the health industry thinks that eating a meal should make you perk up and want to instantly break out into the Humpty Dance or other similar variant. Maybe throw in a high-intensity interval while you’re at it. Just for kicks. If you do get sleepy after eating, your nutritionist or dietitian is ready to send you off to the lab for food allergy testing or start pulling out every delicious thing in the world from your diet. No more sugar, dairy, or wheat for you. Enjoy your brown rice and lean turkey breast. Oh dear please don’t go swimming for at least an hour after a feast like that! Ironically, your health advocate will probably, at the same time, suggest that you do relaxing activities like meditation, deep breathing, taking warm baths, getting a massage, and hitting the sauna. These activities make you deeply relaxed, warm all over, and drowsy. Just like eating a really good, complete meal that has everything your body needs. You should feel a little tired after a meal – certainly more relaxed, with little desire to jump up and run. If you don’t, there’s something seriously wrong with your meal. It must not have enough carbs, fat, protein, salt, or calories – and your body’s desire to hunt down more food stays on instead of powering down for digestion. When we eat a good meal, insulin rises. When insulin rises, cortisol and the entire action of the sympathetic nervous system shuts down, leaving us feeling relaxed and warm and fuzzy all over. The higher your stress levels are prior to eating, the more complete that shutdown is. Thus, the longer you go without food, the more sleep-deprived you are, or the longer you’ve been strung out on stress hormones in a stressful situation… the bigger the postmeal coma. The coma itself is the antidote to your stressful life. It’s not an enemy, something to be avoided, or something to be lambasted by your highly caffeinated nutritionist. It’s perfectly healthy, normal, natural, and in many cases quite therapeutic (just like a massage or sauna) to feel drowsy after a good meal. If you were to treat it as such and not think there is something “wrong” with it or assume the next step will be The Beetus, you could really enjoy the feeling – making lots of “ahhhhhh” and “mmmmm” sounds and grinning. I mean, what about Bob? I conclude this with some examples of this horrendous postmeal relaxation state, and a call for immediate extreme diet interventions… Oh no! Get this kid on a gluten and casein free diet immediately before he develops the Ass Burgers! RELAX, you're fine, your body is doing what it should be doing.

I thought only my union meetings were a place where a person could speak for an hour and yet not say a single word.

I also suffer from exxcessive tiredness after food, i am type 2 diabetic and also suffer with severe obstructive sleep apnea.

I have just put it down to my illnesses

I fall asleep after food. It isn't a case of feeling lazy and tired, but suddenly and deeply falling asleep, immediately after eating and for SEVERAL hours. If I am on my feet, I feel dizzy and "spaced out" like I am on drugs. If I am sitting down I immediately fall asleep. I DAREN'T eat if I have to use sharp objects or machinery or drive the car. I have always avoided breakfast. I remember when I was at school on just 1 day, I ate breakfast and passed out in assembly half an hour later. It doesn't matter what I eat, half a carrot can knock me out. Because I have always been overweight (until recently), I have tried all kinds of diets. Eating frequently just means I fall asleep more often. I'm not anaemic, my blood sugar levels are normal, I don't have a thyroid problem, I don't get IBS, in fact I am normally quite healthy and in fact seem to be horridly immune to most things that everyone else catches on a seasonal basis. If anyone has any ideas, I'd be pleased to hear.

It is quite normal to feel sleepy after eating but it doesn't mean that you should sleep right after eating, make sure to digest your food before you go to bed. Take your last meal of the day at least three hours before bed.

I don't know the exact reason but I have noticed that a diet rich in carbohydrates makes one sleepy. Therefore, I would recommend you to take a protein rich diet instead of a carb diet. Hope it helps you.

I don't know the exact reason but I have noticed that a diet rich in carbohydrates makes one sleepy. Therefore, I would recommend you to take a protein rich diet instead of a carb diet. Hope it helps you.

It could be a lack of exercise causing such problems. Simply go do some sweating activities and you should see a difference.

I've read through nearly all the posts in this thread, feeling extremely glad to have found others with a similar problem. I've been falling asleep, or excessively drowsy, after meals for 10 years or so. Fasting blood sugar is normal. I haven't tested for post-prandial hypoglycemia, which I plan to do. It seems to be a simple matter of taking a blood glucose reading before eating and then a few times afterward, at intervals. In my case, I start getting sleepy within 20 minutes of starting a meal, so I'll probably test at half-hour intervals.

People who think this is a trivial problem certainly haven't experienced it. Driving and working are not possible for the semi-conscious. My best solution has been to eat very little during the day - almost nothing, really - and then eat a couple meals' worth of food late at night.

I get the same way, 25-year-old healthy and fit man. Typically a 5-minute break, eyes closed, relaxed meditation, followed by a few brief moments of shut eye takes care of the issue

The reason why you feel sleepy after eating is more blood goes to your stomach for digestion, compromising other organs including your brain. That's expected. You may do deep breathing exercises.

After 15 years of a label of 'chronic fatigue that was an abrupt about face from my previous very active energetic lifestyle to becoming debilitated 3 years ago from it I can tell you guys without a doubt that if you get sleepy after a meal like everyone is commenting about it is NOT normal. These people are not talking about 'I think I might take a nap because I have nothing better to do'..... this is something so overpowering you feel like you're drugged. An Alternative MD I saw who did $2,000 worth of tests told me it's an enzyme in the body that cannot be replaced by taking digestive enzymes. Because of the missing enzyme the offending food turns into a substance that is just like Morphine. You'd have to see someone out of it on Morphine to appreciate the magnitude of this statement. This kind of exhaustion is not the same as a yawn after dinner. This is bone-dead, utter weakness, utter fatigue and it only gets worse and worse. I am living my extreme old age during what should be the most productive years. This is not something made up. This is not exaggerating. When putting on your shoes utterly takes all of your energy out of your body you'll understand. When you have to lay down or you will fall down you'll understand. Take some sleeping pills and go about your day. When they start wearing off take some more. Keep taking them so your life falls apart. When your life becomes an absolute stand still, all of your friends leave, you are bedridden, you're vitamin levels become severely dangerously deficient, you're terrified to eat anything - then you'll know. This is something that impacts every area of your life and destroys what most people put their faith in - their ability to work, to support themselves, the ability to make and maintain relationships. When you have MD after MD want to throw you on antidepressants when you're not depressed & they all give you the 'you're a hypochondriac' look because their arrogance prevents them from acknowledging you even have something real you'll see what this is all about. Just because you have not experienced something does not make it fake or inconsequential.