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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 ...
There’s a lot of chatter about feeling like you need to take a nap after big meal, and this phenomenon is for real, says Keri Gans, RD, a nutritionist in New York City and author of The Small ...
Gastric activity involved in digestion is divided into three phases of digestion known as the cephalic phase, the gastric phase, and the intestinal phase. These phases overlap and all three can occur simultaneously. [1] A fourth phase of acid secretion is known as the basal state which occurs in the times between meals (interdigestive phase).
Peristalsis is one of the patterns that occur during and shortly after a meal. The contractions occur in wave patterns traveling down short lengths of the GI tract from one section to the next. The contractions occur directly behind the bolus of food that is in the system, forcing it toward the anus into the next relaxed section of smooth ...
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]
After my diagnosis, I decided to move away from eating inflammatory foods like gluten, dairy, soy, and alcoholic drinks to help repair the damage in my gut. I could tell that garlic and onions ...
If you’re used to being couch-bound after a big meal, we’re going to help you change that.
Following satiation (meal termination), satiety is a feeling of fullness lasting until the next meal. [1] When food is present in the GI tract after a meal, satiety signals overrule hunger signals, but satiety slowly fades as hunger increases. The satiety center in animals is located in ventromedial nucleus of the hypothalamus. [2]