Just revisiting a blog I used to read more often, and found another wonderful piece of information. Why eating every four hours is a MYTH: Your GI tract needs to rest. If you are eating every three to four hours, your intestinal system is always working and it’s just not designed for that. For one thing, when you eat, your GI tract is forced to draw several liters of fluid from your bloodstream, and interstitial tissues. This drops your blood pressure and can also make you feel tired, cold, or both. If you snack and then have to be up and rushing around, your body now has to route blood to your legs that your GI tract could really use. This is a set up for all sorts of digestive misfortune from GERD to irritable bowel and inflammatory conditions. Read her site: drcate/
Posted on: Fri, 01 Nov 2013 13:48:10 +0000