Swimming & Eating
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Aigtbootbp
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A breakfast beer before a morning dive is never a good idea.
Trust me, I know...
Trust me, I know...
Just to verify...
HowStuffWorks "Do you really have to wait an hour after eating before swimming?"
snopes.com: Wait an Hour After Eating to Swim
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/28/health/28real.html?_r=0
Debunking Summer Health Myths - MedicineNet
Show these in Portugal--you will change the country!
HowStuffWorks "Do you really have to wait an hour after eating before swimming?"
snopes.com: Wait an Hour After Eating to Swim
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/28/health/28real.html?_r=0
Debunking Summer Health Myths - MedicineNet
Show these in Portugal--you will change the country!
industrious95
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My mother used to tell me the same think.
On every dive boat I've ever dove from over the past 25 years, I ate before, between and after dives. Except of course, for those trips when I was chumming
Diving uses energy. Cold water zaps energy. You need to feed the motor - you need calories to dive.
On every dive boat I've ever dove from over the past 25 years, I ate before, between and after dives. Except of course, for those trips when I was chumming
Diving uses energy. Cold water zaps energy. You need to feed the motor - you need calories to dive.
My mom told me the same thing in 1962 when I was 11. She pretty well let it go when she found out we were making eight hour lock-outs in saturation, only coming back to the bell long enough to stuff down a sandwich… but it took until my early 20s.
Moms, you gotta love ‘em.
Moms, you gotta love ‘em.
I know I was a bit rebellious/skeptical even as a child.
I remember by age 5 knowing darn good & well that this "no swimming for 2 hours" was complete nonsense, just a ploy to allow my mom/aunt/summer girl/big sister to keep sunning herself instead of coming to monitor us little kids in the pool. No one ever told me, I just knew it. Sneaky buggers.
Better to diving tomorrow just to recover a little more of my lost time in the water...
I remember by age 5 knowing darn good & well that this "no swimming for 2 hours" was complete nonsense, just a ploy to allow my mom/aunt/summer girl/big sister to keep sunning herself instead of coming to monitor us little kids in the pool. No one ever told me, I just knew it. Sneaky buggers.
Better to diving tomorrow just to recover a little more of my lost time in the water...
Is there anyone here that believes you will feel more chilled on dive taken after a meal? One of my buddies and I disagree on this regularly.
Those all address the same thing, cramping. But at least that's never what I have heard. The problem, if it exists, is with cold water. The water in Portugal is always cold (well, sometimes it's ok in the south) and the air temperature can be quite high. The temperature difference can lead to hypovolemic shock if entering the water quickly and maybe if there is a significant amount of blood already diverted for digestive purposes, it becomes easier for this to happen.
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