Some Foods Make Me Sleepy

Why I feel sleepy sometimes around half an hour from eating some foods like bananas. It is hard to keep focus.

I eat oatmeal in morning and is ok. But some carbs make me sleepy.

I use a combination of rainsins + cashews on the evening (2 hours before hiting the gym), and that gives me an extra stamina. But raisins alone, give me the same dizzienes than bananas. any ideas.

Ever eat steak?

Raisins and bananas are good for an insulin spike such as around PWO

otherwise stay away from them

[quote]TheTexican wrote:
Ever eat steak?[/quote]

More than my doctor says is acceptable:

Thursday, friday and sunday: beef
Wednesday: Tuna
Other days: chicken breast.

3/4 pound each time.

Do you think is not enough?

Here’s a tip, if your doctor says something in your dietary/exercise lifestyle is “not acceptable” that means you should do more of it

doctors/nutritionists/dieticians are still living in the 1970’s

Also I discovered that Triple whoper gives you a nice pump next morning.

[quote]cyph31 wrote:
Here’s a tip, if your doctor says something in your dietary/exercise lifestyle is “not acceptable” that means you should do more of it

doctors/nutritionists/dieticians are still living in the 1970’s[/quote]

I completly agree, some time ago, I was diagnosed with High blood pressure and my doctor said to avoid any fats. i read a lot about and discovered that fats and cholesterol is essential bulding block of joints, etc. that is stupid.

some changes on my diet and excercise brougth my BP down. He prescribed me a drug which develops a cough and gyno among many sides. I hate him.

You’re probably not very carb tolerant. I agree with the fact that you should stay away from higher insuligenic carbs, as they will make you crash and burn and store fat (among other things).

Screw the doc doling out nutrition advice. I have a great amount of respect for thier medical knowledge and have a great appreciation for their surgical abilities. But they generally don’t have a clue about nutrition.

Bananas contain tryptophan, which is a precursor to serotonin and thus melatonin.

Serotonin - a calming neurotransmitter when present in moderate levels

Melatonin - a sleep-inducing hormone secreted by the pineal gland in response to darkness or low light levels

Because of these properties, tryptophan is sometimes used as a sleeping aid. However, I do not think that a single banana would have that much of an effect on you. Perhaps you do not respond well to carbohydrates.

[quote]Trenchant wrote:
You’re probably not very carb tolerant. I agree with the fact that you should stay away from higher insuligenic carbs, as they will make you crash and burn and store fat (among other things).

Screw the doc doling out nutrition advice. I have a great amount of respect for thier medical knowledge and have a great appreciation for their surgical abilities. But they generally don’t have a clue about nutrition.[/quote]

I completely agree…

I eat several pounds of steak a week. The main carb source for me is veggies. I have a piece of bread in the morning or a small bowl of grits and my surge para and post workout. Carbs and my body do not get along well.

As for doctors, they tell me to static stretch before exercise, eat lots of grains, no red meat, no dairy…

Makes no damn sense.

Bananas are packed with magnesium.

Guess what the M in ZMA stands for?

[quote]lixy wrote:
Bananas are packed with magnesium.

Guess what the M in ZMA stands for?[/quote]

Ok, I just read about, it is not wise to eat bananas before lifting, i really yawn a lot and feel sleepy.

Do you think I am carb intolerant? Potatoes does not make me sleepy. neither pasta. Any sugar does. Soda also. I have a rush and past 1/2 hour I go down and feel like sh!t.

[quote]juanjromero wrote:
Do you think I am carb intolerant? Potatoes does not make me sleepy. neither pasta. Any sugar does. Soda also. I have a rush and past 1/2 hour I go down and feel like sh!t.[/quote]

The best thing to do is just experiment and see what makes you feel sluggish. Every one is different and a lot of people really eat too many carbs any way. When you narrow down which carbs make you feel like crap you can stay away from them.

[quote]juanjromero wrote:
Also I discovered that Triple whoper gives you a nice pump next morning.[/quote]

haha a triple whopper from BK??

reading your posts makes me sleepy

[quote]duddy wrote:
juanjromero wrote:
Also I discovered that Triple whoper gives you a nice pump next morning.

haha a triple whopper from BK??[/quote]

He should have gotten that quad stacker

[quote]doosl wrote:
reading your posts makes me sleepy[/quote]

Me also…

[quote]TheTexican wrote:
juanjromero wrote:
Do you think I am carb intolerant? Potatoes does not make me sleepy. neither pasta. Any sugar does. Soda also. I have a rush and past 1/2 hour I go down and feel like sh!t.

The best thing to do is just experiment and see what makes you feel sluggish. Every one is different and a lot of people really eat too many carbs any way. When you narrow down which carbs make you feel like crap you can stay away from them.[/quote]

i am writing the list, rice is another one.