With so many delicious dishes within reach on Thanksgiving, it’s hard not to get carried away by filling your plate — and your belly — to capacity.
Thanksgiving is a special time of year to get together with family and friends and think about what you’re most grateful for. But let’s be honest — it’s really all about the food, from the roast turkey, which typically takes center stage, and cranberry sauce to stuffing and mashed potatoes with gravy. And let’s not forget pumpkin pie.
When you eat, the stomach can typically stretch to hold 1-1.5 liters , or even more depending on the individual. “There are folds in your stomach called rugae,” explains Vizthum. “They’re crumpled up and can expand when you eat.” When the rugae have expanded enough, that sends a signal from the digestive system to the brain saying that you’re getting full. “Everyone’s capacity of where you start to feel that is a little bit different,” says Vizthum.
Of course, your body has to do the work of digesting, absorbing and storing all the nutrients you just ate. So your heart rate will go up a little bit to increase blood flow in your digestive system, explains Vizthum. “Your body will have a lot of work to do, and that can make you feel tired,” she says.
Samantha Cochrane, registered dietitian at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, agrees, telling Yahoo Lifestyle: “It’s a common myth that the tryptophan found in turkey is the reason we are all so tired after a Thanksgiving dinner.” She adds: “Very little of the tryptophan that we eat makes it to our brain and really shouldn’t have an effect on our energy level. What’s really making us feel tired, however, is not tryptophan, but the quantity of food we eat.
That quick rise and fall in blood sugar levels can leave people feeling tired — or looking for more food for another pick-me-up, notes Vizthum. But, again, eating those carbs along with some protein, fat and fiber, such as from vegetables, helps slow down digestion and lets the body absorb sugar more slowly, she says.
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