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  2. Research Shows Food Comas Are Real — and They Do More Than ...

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    Researchers did consider that students might be exerting less effort on the tests only because they were sleepy after eating. To determine whether or not that was true, they looked at how long ...

  3. How to make your colonoscopy prep more effective and less ...

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    You'll need to alter your diet a few days ahead of your colonoscopy. Usually, that means eating foods low in fiber for two to three days — such as pasta, white rice, potatoes, turkey, eggs and ...

  4. Postprandial somnolence - Wikipedia

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    Postprandial somnolence (colloquially known as food coma, after-dinner dip, or "the itis") is a normal state of drowsiness or lassitude following a meal. Postprandial somnolence has two components: a general state of low energy related to activation of the parasympathetic nervous system in response to mass in the gastrointestinal tract , and a ...

  5. Gastrocolic reflex - Wikipedia

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    The gastrocolic reflex or gastrocolic response is a physiological reflex that controls the motility, or peristalsis, of the gastrointestinal tract following a meal. It involves an increase in motility of the colon consisting primarily of giant migrating contractions, in response to stretch in the stomach following ingestion and byproducts of digestion entering the small intestine. [1]

  6. Tired after eating? Here’s why, and how to fix it - AOL

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  7. Colonoscopy - Wikipedia

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    A total of 15 people who underwent colonoscopy (0.13%) had major bleeding after polyp removal. None of the participants experienced a colon perforation due to colonoscopy. After 10 years, an intention-to-screen analysis showed a significant relative risk reduction of 18% in the risk of colorectal cancer (0.98% in the invited group vs. 1.20% in ...

  8. I got a colonoscopy, made twice-baked potatoes and learned a ...

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    🩺 What I did…I got a colonoscopyyou should too, if you’re due. I recently got a colonoscopy. (Two of my grandparents died of colon cancer so it’s been on my radar for years and I ...

  9. Alkaline tide - Wikipedia

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    Alkaline tide (mal del puerco) refers to a condition, normally encountered after eating a meal, where during the production of hydrochloric acid by the parietal cells in the stomach, the parietal cells secrete bicarbonate ions across their basolateral membranes and into the blood, causing a temporary increase in blood pH.