Postprandial Somnolence 💤👻



 It is very common for people working in offices and at home to suffer from postprandial somnolence or food coma after eating a hearty meal in the afternoon. After explaining short arguments in favor of Qilaule, they hide in corners to sleep.

It is simply said that in most people, when the digestive system is overloaded due to the habit of overeating, the digestive system uses 60 to 75% of the body's energy to make the food part of the body. It comes, more blood flows into the stomach to break down the food so that the ingested food can be digested, then the mind starts to be dominated by sleep.

As soon as food reaches the tongue, the digestive system begins to break it down into simple molecules for energy. And to deliver it inside the cells of the body, your pancreas also produces insulin hormone in large quantities and adds it to the blood in large quantities, due to which the level of insulin hormone in the blood exceeds the normal range, insulin stores fats. It is the hormone that acts as the key that opens the doors of the body's cells to glucose, which allows the glucose in the blood to enter the cells from which the cells obtain energy and use it in their growth. do.

The release of the insulin hormone in the body also causes the brain to produce an amino acid, tryptophan, and this amino acid is converted into serotonin, a neurotransmitter, in the process of metabolism, and this excess of serotonin is another It causes the large production of the hormone melatonin. The melatonin hormone formed in all this process is also called the sleep hormone and it is usually produced in the pineal gland of the brain at around three o'clock in the night and takes you to the valleys of sleep. Due to the increased amount of insulin in the blood, the cells of the body also rapidly absorb potassium, which decreases the level of potassium in the blood. Kalemia is one of the symptoms of hypokalaemia.

The important thing to remember is that eating foods rich in fat and carbohydrates and proteins in such foods will also cause you to suffer from sleepiness. Usually you feel lethargic and sleepy after lunch, which is not unusual, but having the same sleepiness every day can be a "something is wrong" thing. . If you feel sleepy every time after eating, then it is better to get yourself examined by a good and qualified physician.