Healthy Eating: Why do I experience tiredness and fatigue after eating?
Great question and one which a lot of us have experienced more then once a week. I’ve put together a few tips below that should help. Move baby move! A daily work out will give you more energy, which reduces the effects of after-lunch sleepiness. If you don’t have time to exercise in the morning, try to walk as much as you can going to work and take a 15 mins break in between to go for a brisk walk. The bigger the lunch the more sleepy you will be after! Instead of eating a heavy lunch that your body will have to break down more rapidly, start with a good, large breakfast, and then split your lunch into two light meals. Get the stressful stuff out the way! Since post-lunch sleepiness strikes in the afternoon, plan your work such that you will take care of the stressful stuff in the morning, and easier activities in the afternoon. Humour is the best remedy! Humor gets rid of drowsiness like water quenches thirst. Find something funny and laugh laugh laugh… Nice cold water! Your body n
