why do I fall asleep after eating?

Answer 1

Your body uses a lot of enegry to break down the food you eat. This is why if you eat a large meal filled with fat you will find yourself very tired afterwards.

Answer 2

You fall asleep after eating because your tummy is full and it needs time to digest your food .Its not to comfortable to run around with a full tummy,it is more comfortable to lay down while your body is digesting the food you have eaten. You can eliminate this by not eating so much at one time.
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Answer 3

it might be just a bad habit you grew up with, most babies go to sleep after being dried, fed, burped...then they sleep in peace. perhaps you dont have too much of an active lifestyle, so, your body, being accustomed to only basic activities, carries on in that pattern and even though you've now realized that that is not what other people normally do, its not so easy for you to break the pattern?
i dont know much about you, your question is very brief but, perhaps, you should have a small meal and go for a small walk every time you eat something. train yourself to keep your body awake after eating. lots of carbs (bread, cakes, rice, potatoes) slows down the body's metabolism and natural rhythms, cut back on that (dont do a total deprivation so that your body retaliates with rebellion and find yourself back where u started, maybe worse). drink lots of water, 2litres per day on its own helps you to shed weight if u need to and to keep the body's circulation going strong. by the way, when i was a regular gym member (only for 12 years plus) i learnt in all that time that the more regularly you exercise, the more your body is generally alert and awake (yet restful and peaceful at night because exercise helps the body release a natural 'feel good' hormone called endorphins) so if u regularly exercise, it can even help beat depression and lift your moods!
I hope somewhere in amongst all this info, you'll find something useful, take care.

Answer 4

I believe that all the blood in the body rushes to your stomach area to scoop up all the nutrients to carry it back to the rest of your body. So by nature blood is being pulled from the brain only to come back to give it nutrients. Also you should take some vitamins and minerals on a daily basis along with exercising for at least 30 minutes per day.

Answer 5

You probably eat alot and you go into this food coma. It's where the body tells you to rest while it digest your food. It's normal. If you don't like falling asleep after eatting try eatting small amout at a time.

Answer 6

To stop falling asleep, what I did is stop eating bread or pasta foods in the morning or afternoon. for example its like 11:40am and if I eat a two pieces of bread I would fall asleep, change the foods you eat and bam...

Answer 7

Following a good meal, the blood is being directed to the stomach for the digestion process. It would have less need elsewhere so, sleepiness is the result

Answer 8

When we eat a large meal our brain stimulates the production of endorphins. These make one sleepy in the correct amounts after a meal. We feel good and relax.
Interestingly (in very simple terms) massive amounts of these chemicals are released in the brain after ingestion of narcotics such as heroin...you have been warned!!!

Answer 9

Because you are human - eating makes humans sleepy.

In the morning, you are, most likely, half awake when you eat; so when you eat you don't notice the topor that sets in.

At lunchtime, though, you do notice the topor. Hence the siesta.

At night, well, who thinks it's odd to get all yawny at night?

Answer 10

Because after eating blood flow to stomach increases while that to brain decreases which causes sleep