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When i consume food many time i cannot do anything after as i feel extremely sleepy and tired?

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Dr. Stephen Southard answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Often referred to: As "food coma" or postprandial somnolence. It has at least two suspected causes - activation of the parasympathetic nervous system in response to mass in the gastrointestinal tract, and a reported increased in serotonin and melatonin in the setting of a glucose load.

Answered 1/10/2015

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