Any food comas around here are due mainly to going to bed late because out-of-town guests infrequently seen are so much more interesting than sleep. I’m getting ready to head out for my daily run - happy that it’s the best way to avoid an insulin reaction later in the day. I feel bad for my dad - a diabetic - who had to have extra insulin yesterday. And it’s not even the food. My mom says the kids always do this to him - the level of energy wears you out even if you only watch them!
Take A Walk Before Thanksgiving
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Health on Wednesday, November 23, 2011 12:00 PM
I somewhat resent health advice attached to holidays.
Of course eating well and in moderation and regular exercise are habits worth cultivating both for physical health and spiritual and emotional well-being.
But they should be cultivated the rest of the year.
We’re not to fast while the bridegroom is with us. Therefore the bizarre ladies’ magazine urge to greet every feast day not with joy, but with the fear of getting fat I don’t understand.
Rest assured, therefore, that I’m sharing this article on what happens in the body after a big meal because it’s interesting and not to shame you out of your Thanksgiving dinner.
Specifically, it shows that insulin resistance seems to begin in our muscles and that half an hour of walking or other exercise about a half day before a big meal is an enormous aid to the powers of digestion.
In a related story at the same link: the tryptophan in turkey likely has nothing to do with your feeling tired after your big meal.
“You would have to eat the entire 20-pound turkey to get enough tryptophan to induce sleepiness,” [an expert] says.
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