Here's Why It's Not Good To Sleep After A Meal

You know that sleepy feeling you get after eating a really big meal? Does it sound familiar?

All of us have been through this before. If you feel sleepy after you eat, it's really normal.

After we eat, our body starts the digestion process and begins to absorb the food, using all of its energy for this and directing the blood flow to digestion. In today's video we're going to explain to you why you shouldn't go to bed right after eating:

Acid Reflux
People who suffer from acid reflux normally feel discomfort and burning in their stomach, esophagus, and throat after meals. This is due to the amount of stomach acid produced during the digestive process. If you suffer from acid reflux and decide to go to bed after a meal, it may make the situation worse because the valve from the stomach to the esophagus may stay open, causing the acid to travel up your throat, initiating a burning feeling and burps.

Sleep Quality
After a meal our body goes through a series of steps to digest the food, using up a good part of our energy. If you go to sleep during this process, it will directly affect your sleep quality. It may take a while to get to sleep, you may wake up several times throughout the night, or even have nightmares. But one thing is for certain: your sleep will not be restful.

In other words, this habit will cause you not to be productive on the next day, you'll be tired and sleepy. If this repeats itself, the lack of quality sleep could have serious consequences for your physical and mental health.

Now, to keep this from happening, here are a few important tips:

Try to keep your main meals in the first half of your day, and have a smaller meal at night.
Avoid foods with salt, condiments, and fat since they cause your body to bloat, make you thirsty, and keep you up at night needing to pee. Eat your last meal at least 3 hours before going to bed.
If you are very hungry before going to sleep choose a food that can be digested quickly, such as fruit.
Avoid caffeine and alcohol before bed.
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[asmitheanonymous]

Who else is watching this after eating?

[topcompilationvideos]

Let me no honest! I used to suffer from acid reflux a lot, it got to the point where I was forcing myself to vomit. To make it short, the problem is not sleeping after eating, it’s what you eat before sleeping. We are not talking about night time sleeping, this is any time you sleep after a meal.

[topcompilationvideos]

I stopped eating fried food, any sugar and was eating only salad fruits and a lots of water. I fall asleep 3 hours after my meal. Believe I never slept so good and when I wake up I feel energized and very well in my stomach. I sit up after eating of course, don’t lay down because it’s gonna give you acid reflux for sure, but vegetables are easier to digest, so you will sleep very well and be nourish

[AGEL]

I eat every night right before sleep and it actually helps me sleep. I get no acid reflux at all

[cyclopscycles]

I just ate top ramen and m&ms and i need to sleep its 1am and there's school in 6 hours. Help

[Zuvekeyho]

Laying in my bed right after eating food 🤣🤣 #dailyRoutine ❤️❤️

[suniteemohan]

My god. I sleep well only after a meal

[thebaddestblossom]

Oh man, does this mean I shouldn't eat IN my sleep either??

[JACOPO.OFFICIEL]

*Heres my honest review of this advice* =
1)I ate a regular dinner and went to bed 20 min after (slept for 8Hours》very hard to sleep 》 woke up at least 1 time during sleep 》 Time to wake up = woke up VERY TIRED, HEADACHE, big-time STOMACH PAIN and agitated(nervous).

2)The following night I ate the same regular dinner BUT ate it *2 Hours* BEFORE going to sleep.
Slept much better, didn't wake up during sleep.
Time to wake up = woke up ENERGIZED, LESS TIRED 》 no headache and no stomach pain !

This worked for me big time !! THX FOR SHARING 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[mziqbal]

Great Video and Excellent Advice. Thank you ☺👍

[LostWitIt]

It helps if you sleep on your lefts side. As that causes the food to digest properly even while laying down.

[VijeethSir]

Now I understood why I feel sleepy whole day since two years. I sleep after eating!

[oamiri]

i go to bed and wake up with an upper abdomen pain that lasted from 2 am to 8 am. i finally went to sleep at like 10. Such a bad feeling i don't wish upon anyone

[JACOPO.OFFICIEL]

Personnally I recommend to wait 2 hours after dinner before going to sleep

[cvelazquez]

Last night, I literally ate soup then slept after. I feel so sick right now.

[haloxrey]

I feel something on my throat when I sleeped full

[virgenfj]

My insomnia gives me the need to eat to fall sleep.

[ChadTurnt]

How long do you wait until you can sit down

[jfoo]

Welp im F'd ive been 3rd shift for 6 years

[krystalz]

I just ate, I haven’t slept and it’s 5:30 am o^O