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Is drinking water during or after a meal better?
Remember not to drink too soon before or after a meal as the water will dilute the digestive juices
While that claim might sound reasonable at first, I doubt this has any effect you need to consider ...
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How to know if ( or when) I fall asleep?
"How to know if (or when) I fall asleep, and not merely just lying there doing nothing?"
Sleep Retrograde Amnesia:
Retrograde amnesia refers to the loss of memory for things preceding a
certain ...
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Green Tea After Dinner
Green tea has thermogenic properties and promotes fat oxidation beyond that explained by its caffeine content per se. If green tea extract are drunk during the meal there is a proved effect of it on ...
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What is the reason behind doctors giving some medicines after/before the meal?
Simple answer: Because that is just the medication guidelines. Some medications, because of onset of actions, effect of stomach acid, upsetting stomach and other factors need to be taken on or off a ...
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How long should you wait after lunch if you want to take a bath, and why?
Is it true that one shouldn't take a bath after lunch?
No.
That's a long hold myth, nothing more.
Although it might have all the pedagogical value of scare stories in general:
So telling kids they ...
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Effects of eating rice at dinner time
The glycemic index of rice varies quite a lot: according to this link from Harvard Medical School, from 38 for Parboiled rice to 72 for white rice. The latter is a rather high glycemic index. As a ...
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Eating ice-cream for breakfast may improve mental performance & alertness? Legit?
That study does indeed exist, and several outlets (1, 2, 3, 4) refer to it. It was conducted by Yoshihiko Koga, a japanese psychiatrist and professor at Kyorin University. It was originally cited, but ...
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Should eating before bedtime be avoided if someone wants to lose weight?
There is some experimental evidence that suggests that those who front load ( have their main meals earlier in the day ) are more likely to lose weight than those who eat later.
BACKGROUND:
There is ...
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Why are inflammatory arthritides worse at night and in the morning?
Although the etiology is unknown, we have a bit of an idea of its pathophysiology
Etiology of RA is unknown. Although the impact of genetic factors is obvious, the genetic basis is not sufficient ...
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How to know if ( or when) I fall asleep?
Modern smartphone apps offer this information. A smartphone has a gyroscope built in, and when you lay it on the mattress close to your body, it picks up tiny movements. As you fall asleep, your ...
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Eating chewing gum after lunch everyday
1. Very very slightly - you produce more saliva which you swallow (more on this in 2), but I'm not sure if that really contributes on a meaningful scale.
2. I'm only talking about the important and/...
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What is the right time to eat fruits?
In the Morning on an Empty Stomach/Between Meals - Fruits are recommended to be eaten on an empty stomach or in between meals because at this time digestion happens fairly quick and also different ...
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Is there any risk from eating meals before/after HGH shots?
1) Human growth hormone (HGH) shots, meals and glucose and insulin spikes.
HGH shots increase blood glucose and therefore insulin, both of which can be further increased by having meals shortly ...
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Does the time of day of sugar consumption matter?
If you eat a substantial meal before exercising, you will burn slightly more calories than if you ate the same meal after exercising. The reason for this is that by eating before, you then have to ...
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How to get to sleep half-an-hour / an hour earlier than the day before?
Sleep Hygiene is the first line treatment for most insomnia. This is another good list from Harvard.
Anecdotally, the principles of it that worked best for me were blackout curtains, removing ...
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How often is "X times a day"?
4 times a day means those 4 doses should be spread roughly evenly over a 24 hour period, so approximately 6 hours apart. The best way to do this is usually to take a dose right before bed and right ...
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Is it recommended to drink water during meals?
Drinking water during or after a meal actually aids digestion. Water and other liquids help break down food so that your body can absorb the nutrients. Water also softens stools, which helps prevent ...
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Why is it harder to get up when forced to wake up?
When you are forced to wake up, you've interrupted your body's circadian rhythm. If your body is used to waking up at particular time and you're woken before that time, you'll still feel very tired. ...
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can I take pills before food?
They are referring to taking them with a meal (so in a real world sense you'd take them right after you sit down to eat). I'd suggest taking them as prescribed. Not taking your medicine with food ...
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One meal a day - meal planning
Individual Results Vary
Some people only eat food 30 points or lower on the Insulin Index. Low carb, medium protein, high fat. This is usually where the ketosis plays in, but is usually only ...
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Does the time of day of sugar consumption matter?
There does not seem to be a wealth of scientific research relating to the effects of meal timing on weight gain or other health metrics. The common conception is that a calorie is a calorie and there ...
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How exact do I need to be for Penicillin every 12 hours?
With most medications, the important thing is to simply be consistent and make it easy on yourself to remember to take them. An hour or two one way or the other isn't going to matter with most ...
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Are afternoon naps healthy?
There is a reason you get tired after eating - It's due to a portion of your blood in your body moving to your gut and bowel, leaving less for the rest of your body (brain, muscles etc) and slowing ...
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Can cold drinks be taken with or after meals?
There is no evidence that cold drinks during or after meals adversely affects health - in fact - the opposite may be true.
In studies of people with pure liquid meals, the temperature of the liquid ...
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