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I feel really sleepy faster whenever i eat rice. why ?
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Rice: Rice is known to make people feel sleepy. Your blood sugar levels when you ingest rice become higher. When your blood sugar levels are high, the hormone insulin is released from your pancreas to combat the sudden rise in blood sugar to bring it back to acceptable levels. Big changes in blood sugar increase the amount of sleepiness you feel.
Answered 5/30/2019
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Full stomach = sleep: carbohydrates like rice frequently make people feel full, happy, and also sleepy. Your brain is programmed that way.
Answered 8/5/2014
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Few thoughts: certain rice has tryptophan, which is a essential amino acid required for the body. it causes a sedative effect. Other foods similar are Turkey, milk, soybeans, tuna. Other aspect is that certain rices have more fiber, which is harder to digest-especially brown rice/multigrains, which then causes the body to focus more blood flow to the abdomen for digestion, lowering flow to other organs
Answered 8/6/2014
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