Do u get sleepy after eating lunch?
Thread Starter
Senior Member
SL Member
Joined: Aug 2005
Posts: 1,024
From: Palmdale, CA
Do u get sleepy after eating lunch?
OK as the title states.....everytime I go out for lunch and I get back in the office and sit down and get to work....I always ALWAYS get sleepy and its really hard for me to stay alert.
So I wanted to know if you peeps deal with that and how u cope with it. What are some solutions that you have come up with?
thanks
So I wanted to know if you peeps deal with that and how u cope with it. What are some solutions that you have come up with?
thanks
Senior Member
SL Member
Joined: Mar 2006
Posts: 2,409
From: Redneck Riveria
The problem is the meal itself. Your body uses 2 different enzymes to digest carbs and protiens, and neither enzyme plays well with the other one. Because of this, it slows you down and makes you sleepy.
What I started doing back in school was going to Wendy's. I'd get a Big Classic with Side ceasar instead of the fries. At 3 oclock, I was full of energy instead of sluggish.
I would also suggest rationing down a bit at lunch. Buffets and 1/2 pound burgers are nap makers.
What I started doing back in school was going to Wendy's. I'd get a Big Classic with Side ceasar instead of the fries. At 3 oclock, I was full of energy instead of sluggish.
I would also suggest rationing down a bit at lunch. Buffets and 1/2 pound burgers are nap makers.
Senior Member
SL Member
Joined: May 2005
Posts: 2,366
From: HB, CA
eat a bigger breakfast and a smaller lunch, around 200 to 250 calories tops. no "big classics", etc. a large meal requires your body's energy reserves to digest it. and some say don't eat a turkey sandwich because of the tryptophan in turkey which allegedly causes drowsiness. as i understand it, it's not the tryptophan in the turkey, it's the large meal....the theory goes like this:
when one eats a large meal, large quantities of both carbohydrates and branched-chain amino acids are consumed. like carbohydrates, branched-chain amino acids require insulin to be transduced through the myocyte membranes, which, after a large meal, creates a competition among the amino acids and glucose for insulin, while simultaneously creating tryptophan's reduced competition with other amino acids for the Large Neutral Amino Acid Transporter protein for transduction across the blood-brain barrier. the result is a greater availability of tryptophan, via the Large Neutral Amino Acid Transporter, for conversion into serotonin by the raphe nuclei, which is then available for conversion into melatonin by the pineal gland. drowsiness is the result.
btw, this "problem" is pretty common and in many cultures folk just stop working for an hour or so after lunch to allow for a rest, nap, siesta, etc.
(^all b.s. btw)so....in a nutshell.... don't eat a turkey sandwich and don't eat a big meal.
when one eats a large meal, large quantities of both carbohydrates and branched-chain amino acids are consumed. like carbohydrates, branched-chain amino acids require insulin to be transduced through the myocyte membranes, which, after a large meal, creates a competition among the amino acids and glucose for insulin, while simultaneously creating tryptophan's reduced competition with other amino acids for the Large Neutral Amino Acid Transporter protein for transduction across the blood-brain barrier. the result is a greater availability of tryptophan, via the Large Neutral Amino Acid Transporter, for conversion into serotonin by the raphe nuclei, which is then available for conversion into melatonin by the pineal gland. drowsiness is the result.
btw, this "problem" is pretty common and in many cultures folk just stop working for an hour or so after lunch to allow for a rest, nap, siesta, etc.
(^all b.s. btw)so....in a nutshell.... don't eat a turkey sandwich and don't eat a big meal.
Senior Member
SL Member
Joined: Nov 2003
Posts: 3,525
From: Orlando, Florida
Sounds like diabetes! lol j/k.
One thing you might try is to eat a modest lunch and eat with coworkers. After eating, we usually sit around and talk for a little bit before going back to work. This allows us time to breathe, allowing us to replenish the needed oxygen. I'm no doctor, so I don't know what I'm talking about, but it works.
I get tired when I get home from work. I sit in my cubicle and do graphics and 3D work all day. The only physical work I do is when I'm retaliating against other engineers with Nerf *****, swoosh *****, hacky sacks, and plush footballs. I guess the coffee we make in the break room is strong enough to keep us awake and active. Although, I've seen an intern hide under his desk to take a nap. lol
One thing you might try is to eat a modest lunch and eat with coworkers. After eating, we usually sit around and talk for a little bit before going back to work. This allows us time to breathe, allowing us to replenish the needed oxygen. I'm no doctor, so I don't know what I'm talking about, but it works.
I get tired when I get home from work. I sit in my cubicle and do graphics and 3D work all day. The only physical work I do is when I'm retaliating against other engineers with Nerf *****, swoosh *****, hacky sacks, and plush footballs. I guess the coffee we make in the break room is strong enough to keep us awake and active. Although, I've seen an intern hide under his desk to take a nap. lol
Senior Member
SL Member
Scion Evolution
Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 4,402
From: Cucamonga, CA RT66
Originally Posted by surfcity40
eat a bigger breakfast and a smaller lunch, around 200 to 250 calories tops. no "big classics", etc. a large meal requires your body's energy reserves to digest it. and some say don't eat a turkey sandwich because of the tryptophan in turkey which allegedly causes drowsiness. as i understand it, it's not the tryptophan in the turkey, it's the large meal....the theory goes like this:
when one eats a large meal, large quantities of both carbohydrates and branched-chain amino acids are consumed. like carbohydrates, branched-chain amino acids require insulin to be transduced through the myocyte membranes, which, after a large meal, creates a competition among the amino acids and glucose for insulin, while simultaneously creating tryptophan's reduced competition with other amino acids for the Large Neutral Amino Acid Transporter protein for transduction across the blood-brain barrier. the result is a greater availability of tryptophan, via the Large Neutral Amino Acid Transporter, for conversion into serotonin by the raphe nuclei, which is then available for conversion into melatonin by the pineal gland. drowsiness is the result.
btw, this "problem" is pretty common and in many cultures folk just stop working for an hour or so after lunch to allow for a rest, nap, siesta, etc.
so don't eat a turkey sandwich and don't eat a big meal.
when one eats a large meal, large quantities of both carbohydrates and branched-chain amino acids are consumed. like carbohydrates, branched-chain amino acids require insulin to be transduced through the myocyte membranes, which, after a large meal, creates a competition among the amino acids and glucose for insulin, while simultaneously creating tryptophan's reduced competition with other amino acids for the Large Neutral Amino Acid Transporter protein for transduction across the blood-brain barrier. the result is a greater availability of tryptophan, via the Large Neutral Amino Acid Transporter, for conversion into serotonin by the raphe nuclei, which is then available for conversion into melatonin by the pineal gland. drowsiness is the result.
btw, this "problem" is pretty common and in many cultures folk just stop working for an hour or so after lunch to allow for a rest, nap, siesta, etc.
so don't eat a turkey sandwich and don't eat a big meal.
Senior Member
SL Member
Joined: May 2005
Posts: 2,366
From: HB, CA
Originally Posted by OldYeller
What he is saying is that the blood that runs the stomach can't run the brain at the same time. This is what siestas are for................
Member
SL Member
Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 85
From: katy
Senior Member
SL Member
Joined: Jun 2006
Posts: 7,862
From: Lurking Inside Your Garage!
Breakfast - Frozen burrito & 20oz. Dr. Pepper & banana
Lunch - TV Dinner, chips, granola bar & 20oz. Dr. Pepper
then throughout the day Chips, some other junk food...
Then another 20oz. Dr. Pepper...YAH!!!!!!!!!!!
Then dinner time...Oh by the way I am Hella skinny too!
Lunch - TV Dinner, chips, granola bar & 20oz. Dr. Pepper
then throughout the day Chips, some other junk food...
Then another 20oz. Dr. Pepper...YAH!!!!!!!!!!!
Then dinner time...Oh by the way I am Hella skinny too!