Eating is one of the daily habits and practices that the body gets the energy necessary to continue its work and activity to carry out its daily functions. The food that we eat is of a variety of shapes, colors, flavors and taste. They control the activity of the human being, including snacks on the stomach and heavy meals on the stomach, and remember that some people when eating some heavy meals or eating too much sense of snoring and yawning and feel a great desire to sleep and relax the body, but some are wondering Some people eat from the same food some sleep and others do not want to sleep, but what is the explanation of this sleep after eating?
Causes of sleep after eating
- Eating too much food is one of the most important causes of sleep after eating. In fact, eating too much requires a great effort to digest food, and this effort makes the person feel the stomach heaviness, the weight of the stomach that requires oxygen to consume in the sorting and digestion of food. Oxygen is withdrawn from all the components of the blood, especially the oxygen in the brain, which reduces the rate in the brain, which causes drowsiness and gives a direct order of the body’s desire to sleep. Therefore, the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) commanded us not to eat the limit of satiety, and that is the interpretation of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him). Therefore, it is necessary to balance the intake of meals and the amount of food. Little food provides a light and energetic movement of the body.
- One of the reasons for sleep after eating is the quality of food, some of the more meals rich in sugars, fat and starches by eating rice dishes, bread, potatoes and other carbohydrates and sugars. We note that these nutrients raise the blood sugar, and it is known that the rate of sugar blood is usually balanced and reasonable, but what happens if the blood sugar rose, we find that the pancreas immediately will give a order to sort insulin responsible for the level of sugar in the blood which Is responsible for the chemical called Tryptophan. This chemical is responsible for the production of another chemical found in the brain called Serotonin, which is the neurotransmitters responsible for drowsiness, the more the amount of tryptophan to the brain will increase the rate of production of serotonin Gives feeling Idle and Alnas after sleeping at the other. Therefore, prefer to control the proportion of carbohydrates, fats and carbohydrates in the food and prefer to eat fruits and drink water in quantities needed by the body and exercise so as not to feel soft.