Why Do I Always Feel Tired After Eating?

[renegadefm]

Not sure if its common, but I tend to feel tired after having a meal. All I want to do is sleep. 

 

Why does eating do that to your body? 

[Buenchico]

It's called 'postprandial somnolence'.

Explained here
https://www.sleepfoundation.org/nutrition/why-do-i-get-sleepy-after-eating

 

[barry1010]

What sort of food do you eat? Do you feel full after eating?

[renegadefm]

barry1010, 

I don't tend to have large portions anyway. I eat all sorts really, roasts, veg, normally sandwiches at work. It doesn't seem to matter what I eat, I just instantly lose my energy. 

If I know I got to drive for more than an hour or so, I make sure I don't eat before because I have experienced where I am fighting to stay awake, and thats very dangerous. 

 

Its nothing new I've always been lile it, but it seems worse since I hit 50 which was 5 years ago now. 

[barry1010]

I used to get like that when I was very overweight, ate a lot of bread, fatty food and sugar and never really gave my stomach a rest.

It doesn't happen since I started eating smaller meals three times a day, no snacking, no food after dinner (between 5 and 6pm usually), no sugar at all. 

I stop eating when I am no longer hungry, not full.

Feeling tired after eating can be a symptom of type 2 diabetes so it's worth getting that checked out.

 

[Peter Pedant]

Not sure if its common, but I tend to feel tired after having a meal. All I want to do is sleep.

very commmon - have  a little  rester in the afternoon - I dont because I wont sleep at night

My mudda used to  have to do all her uni revision starting at 2 am because of this

[Scarlett]

I believe this is because you are eating something that your body doesn't really like – probably gluten. If you have a few days where you don't eat bread/potatoes/rice, pasta, meat and vegetables, and see if anything changes.

[bhg481]

I remember some 60 years ago of somebody telling me about an experiment carried out on mice. They inserted a balloon into their stomach; when they blew it up the mouse fell asleep. It's clearly nature's way of telling you the best way to digest your food.