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Should i eat a hardy breakfast before working out or after?
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No.: A general, rule of thumb is to exercise before eating a meal. A hearty meal leads to 25 % your circulating blood to dish to the gut for the inner work of digestion. This is blood and oxygen that is then not available to your peripheral muscles used in exercising. You will end up cramps or feeling sick. Exercise before eating or two hours after eating, except perhaps for a very small snack.
Answered 9/4/2013
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