Many of the reasons why you may want to snooze after eating are to do with carbs and sugar in your meal. A large sugar crash after eating can make you feel extremely tired and want to curl up and doze off for a time. Also, it requires a lot of energy for your body to digest lar...
Carbs make you gain weight for a variety of reasons. In the simplest explanation, many foods that are high in carbs are also high in calories, especially sugary sodas, pizza, muffins, cakes, ice cream and other desserts. Eating these foods regularly not only pushes you over your carb needs...
When you eat a protein source containing tryptophan, the amino acids from the protein must compete to get through your body’s blood-brain barrier. That makes it less likely the tryptophan you eat will be converted into serotonin. However, eating carbs triggers insulin. That insulin lowers the...
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While it's true that some athletes see success on a high-fat, low-carb diet, that doesn't work for many people, Nader says. Fats aren't as easy to burn quickly, like carbs are. In order to train your body to use them efficiently, you have to be diligent about restricting your car...
It's not rare to feel tired all the time, but identifying why you routinely feel zapped of energy can be tricky. We're highlighting nine reasons why you might feel tired every day.