Why do you have to wait an hour after you eat to go swimming ?!


Question: Why do you have to wait an hour after you eat to go swimming !?
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Well you don't really have to wait an hour!.!.!.but the reasoning behind the saying is that if you do physical activity after eating, you usually cramp up!. If you are doing anything other than swimming it is no big deal!. But if you cramp up while swimming, there is a potential for drowning!.

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As I understand it, the idea is that after eating, you shouldn't swim immediately because the water weightlessness causes it to be difficult for the food to digest (or something like that)!. Ultimately, it's about preventing cramping up!. When you run, you get a cramp, you stop for a breather!. When you swim and get a cramp, you stop and drown!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

It is an old wife's tale, but the reason was so that everyone could help with cleaning up after a meal!. If you could go swimming right after a meal than that would leave the parent (usually the Mom) to clean up!. If you couldn't go swimming for an hour, than she had help cleaning up!. Www@Answer-Health@Com

well, you necessarily don't have to wait!. its an urban myth that you have to wait to avoid "cramps"!. you can eat and go in, whatever!. but i wait just eat and just breathe a little to let it sit and digest before i go in!. but that's just how i roll!. =)Www@Answer-Health@Com

Old wives tale!. Back in the day when folks would go swimming in ponds the water was cold and when they would jump in after eating and getting hot, the shock would cause a stomach ache!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

Actually!.!.!.its ok to go swimming just not at a rapid pace!. Just like any other physical activity you would want to give your stomach time to digest and relax before you go doing crazy activities and getting your stomach upset!. Www@Answer-Health@Com

They did the actual experiment and talked to a professional doctor about it on Showtime's BullShit!. The conclusion was that its totally safe to go swimming after eating!Www@Answer-Health@Com

So you wont throw up in the pool!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

You don't-that's an old wive's tale!Www@Answer-Health@Com





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