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

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    Usually, that means eating foods low in fiber for two to three days — such as pasta, white rice, potatoes, turkey, eggs and more — and temporarily staying away from beans, prunes, whole grains ...

  3. Here's What Eating Eggs Does to Your Waistline - AOL

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    Plus, you can't beat the versatility; whether you enjoy them scrambled with veggies, hard-boiled, or poached atop avocado toast, there are plenty of tasty options waiting for you to dig into ...

  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 ...

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    Findings revealed that students who took exams within the first hour after eating performed noticeably worse, with Hervé noting on Gastropod that “Testing in the postprandial period reduced ...

  6. 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]

  7. Colonoscopy - Wikipedia

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    Another common indication for colonoscopy is the investigation of iron deficiency with or without anaemia. The examination of the colon, to rule out a lesion contributing to blood loss, along with an upper gastrointestinal endoscopy (gastroscopy) to rule out oesophageal, stomach, and proximal duodenal sources of blood loss.

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    While research published in 2022 noted that people with high cardiometabolic risk experienced weight gain but no increases in body fat or BMI after peanut intervention, another extensive study of ...

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

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