Does anyone know if this myth is a fact: Eating standing up will cause all the food you eat to go to your thig

Answer 1

That is ridiculous. Untrue. How big your thighs are related to your genetics first. then the amount of cardio and leg work you do. Certain sports can actually make your thighs thicker. Sprinters usually have thicker thighs than long distance runner, for example.


But your body does process food more efficiently when you sit and take your time eating. You will learn to realize when you are full and eat less. You will even enjoy your food more. To increase your food digestion try to only drink clear liquids...mostly water...green tea...etc.

Answer 2

It's fiction.

The body works the same wether sitting down or standing up.
Food enters the stomache and gets stopped by the pyloric valve. The stomache does about 20% of absorption during the digestion period, after a time the pyloric valve opens and allows the contents to enter the large intestine where the remaining 80% of absorption happens.
This is also why people think if they eat they won't get drunk. FALSE. Actually they do get drunk. It "hits" them when the pyloric valve opens up and all that alcohol enters the large intestins.

Answer 3

First of all, what's a thig?

And no, it doesn't matter how you eat food... it goes to the same place - your stomach - to be digested.

Answer 4

What is a thig? Do you mean thighs? I know first hand that is not true.

Answer 5

Myth! But thanks for the laugh.

What you eat goes through your digestive tract into your tissues as determined by your genetics/activity level/metabolism.

Answer 6

That's completely silly! You may feel like that's where it's going - but - It isn't!

Answer 7

um, no, never heard that before

Answer 8

OMG!!!!!!! GET FOR REAL!!!!! THATS CRAZY