So does that mean you have to eat foods in portions the size of fist??? Coz that would mean a very very very smal meal!!!
2007-11-08 20:20:12 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diet & Fitness
technically, you should be eating small meals anyway.
just think; if your stomach has to expand to accomodate the food your eating; you're probably eating too much.
and if you do eat a "fist sized" meal; you'll keep your stomach working at it's peak condition all day long; eating about five or six times a day.
2007-11-08 21:04:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Your empty stomach is roughly the size of your fist, but an average persons stomach stretches to hold between 2 to 4 liters. How much you should eat is a broad debate among so called experts.
2016-07-17 01:57:51 · answer #2 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An empty stomach is tiny - looks kinda like a really thick walled deflated baloon! But it can stretch out to accomodate a lot more food than its initial size - i don't remember exact figures but its in the vicinity of 1-2 litres!
This is why gastric banding surgery can be useful - it limits the maximum size of your stomach and then, yes, you do have to eat a small meal and so you lose weight.
2007-11-08 20:29:40 · answer #3 · answered by Silver Prodigy 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The stomach is larger than a fist and it can stretch. Think of it as a balloon. That's why you feel a tightness around the waist if you had a large meal.
2007-11-08 20:26:09 · answer #4 · answered by freeasabird42 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are right:
"Even a very obese person's stomach is only about the size of their fist when empty. Stomach's are "elastic" and their stretchability does depend on how much the person normally eats - but the size of your stomach (inside) doesn't have anything to do with having a "pot belly"."
2007-11-08 20:25:59 · answer #5 · answered by San Diego Art Nut 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
they say a child's stomach is the size of there fist. Your stomach can grow, from over eating, or shrink from not eating enough. It is said to help parents know weather or not there kids are eating healthy.
2007-11-08 20:24:44 · answer #6 · answered by shawn 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It is the size of your fist until you stretch it out by eating. Or over eating.
2007-11-08 20:23:19 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Isnt your heart the size of your fist? I doubt for the stomach, cuz I can pack alot in, in one meal.
2007-11-08 20:23:09 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I'm pretty sure that's the heart you're thinking about.
But to answer your qustion a stomach expands alot!
2007-11-08 20:23:34 · answer #9 · answered by Johnny Danger 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Considering how much Shrimp I ate last night, I'm guessing it stretches a bit.
2007-11-08 20:23:46 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋