Why do I feel sleepy after eating my meal?

I am with you. I always feel sleepy and tired after eating my meal. I feel like I am like a pig. Sleepy after eating. I think this is not good. They said that it is best to stay standing for few minutes after you eat your meal. Happy mylotting!

same thing happened with me. me too feel sleep after finish my eating reason don't know.

It is not only you who experience that kind of situation. Many of us do experience that. This is what happened in our body when we eat. The blood that is going to supply the other part of the body is redirected into our digestive. There are lesser blood that is supplied into our brain that makes us sleepy.

My biology professor explained this to us before. We get sleepy after eating because most of our blood are pumped to our digestive system because, well digestion need blood. :) Because of that, fewer amount of blood are pumped to our brains which causes us to be sleepy.

Don't worry,it is natural of you. I believe everyone will like you when he finished eating.It is the degestive system.Actually,degestive system's working would make you more tired than running 1000m.

It is normal. The reason behind is because, while the body is digesting the food, the blood supplies the stomach the oxygen it needs to do the work. The oxygen supply to the brain is lesser. Thus, we feel sleepy.

We have the same feelings. I really love to sleep also after eating. But as I know its not good to do that. It could lead to some problems later on. And besides they say it could lead to obesity. I mean when we sleep after eating, our body and our internal organs also resting, some of them are supposed to work just to convert the food we eat into energy. What happen is since we sleep, the food we eat will transform into fats. so makes us gain more weight.

You need a lot of energy to digest your food, which is why people usually get sleepy soon after eating. The more you eat the more energy your body needs. You'll be better off sleeping after one or two hour.

From my understanding, all of our blood will go to our stomach to help the digestion of our foods after we have our meal and it is very normal that we shall feel sleepy at the same time. For me, I shall take a nap for about 20 minutes if I want to. Sometimes, I do not like to have a heavy meal at once. I shall eat small amount of foods in few times. ha! ha! I hope I shall be healthier by doing so.

Got into Sleepie after eaten is often think. It's normal fact for the humans. More like in the After noon seasons. After complete the Lunch it's often to little Sleepy eyes. It's normal but it's good for those who normal body. It's very bad for Eat body humans. Anyway After all Eating and Sleeping is not a Good idea. Because life is shot so Enjoy the Best noonents!

hi cearn25!!! i also experience this after eating. you know what the reason ? it is because our blood supply are less going to our brain our blood focused to our digestive system thats why we may experience sleepy.

hi cearn25!!! i also experience this after eating. you know what the reason ? it is because our blood supply are less going to our brain our blood focused to our digestive system thats why we may experience sleepy.

It is believed to happen to a number of people...and it is linked to the body's digestion process. I do suspect though, that it will depend on how much you eat and what it is you eat. Certain foods also contain ingredients that support sleep (really). Also, you may have allergies etc. There are many reasons, indeed. I do not get tired after having lunch, I must admit. I do, however, after Christmas lunch - without fail, each and every year!! This is why I stick with smaller meals, less work for my digestive system - but not on Christmas!

I too get sleepy after I eat a meal. I have always thought it was my blood sugar, I am diabatic, going down after the meal. I think it goes up right after I eat, and than the insulin goes into the blood to take care the the blood sugar, and it goes down and I feel sleepy. You might want to have your blood sugar checked by your doctor.

I'm sure there's nothing wrong with you feeling sleepy after lunch because that's exactly what happens to me every day after lunch.It is a period in which I need to relax and take a short nap,I definitely dislike doing any work right after having lunch,but after relaxing I feel full of energy again and ready to go back to my activities.I guess there are many people like us and I'm sure there's nothing wrong with them either,it's a completely normal state and we should not skip that afternoon rest if our body demands it.

Hello Cearn, Its true everybody feel sleepy after eating meal because after eating there are less red blood cells in brain so we all feel sleepy. Its good that you don't go to bed as i am sure you will sleep then leaving your all work.its better to wash your face when you feel sleepy or have a brisk walk that way you will kill your sleep.

This usually happen to me especially at work.After eating lunch at work,all of a sudden I feel sleepy.I wash the things that I used first then eventually take a nap for about an hour.Thank to my boss that we usually eat 30 minutes before lunch time so I have almost an hour of nap during the afternoon.

Oh no dear...I always feel so...I don't know that I f t is good or bad...But Most of my friends and I feel this after meal...Before starting classes, I had a habit that sleep after meal..So that I felt sleepy after that holidays at the same time...If there have any reasons like me dear??? And if your meal was heavy/large, the sleep will automatically come..So try to eat light food at noon...I know that You'll be hungry..For that,you can eat food by taking small intervals...Some fruits/vegetables/salads can be used to over come hungry...Or wash your face after food.. That'll help you to avoid sleep..Try this..Thank you...

Yes.This is something that happens to all of us and has to do with our blood circulation system.For me this usually lasts around 30min.Also i experience this when i eat heavy fatty foods and not light ones.When i eat lighter foods i feel more energetic rather than lithargic so i reccommend you to do the same when you have other things to do afterwards. Eat lighter and not quickly.

I know it's not good to sleep when you're full. I don't remember why... I do experience this specially after eating lunch. Maybe because of the time of day? Idunno.. LOL.. Maybe it just happens. :)