Posted By: crater
Ellen and Medical Studies - 01/13/09 10:14 PM
I was just reading an article from npr Gut Reaction: Overeating Can Impair Body Function and came to this paragraph quoted below and in particular the sentences I have highlighted in red.
Reading this brought to mind what Ellen wrote along these lines:
I haven't researched the subject, but this is the first time that I have come across anything other then Ellen's statement on the ill effects of ice water with meals. Has any one else read anything on the subject?
Quote:
Sending Mixed Messages
This cycle of overeating can lead to a yo-yo effect.
If you consistently overeat, you'll trigger changes in your stomach, the doctor says. The neurological tissue at the top of the stomach, which signals the brain that the stomach is full, starts to malfunction.
"When you overeat time and time again, this electrical conduit pathway gets tired and it doesn't tell your brain that you're full anymore," says Stiles. "It may send abnormal signals and you may not even realize you're full."
If you drink lots of icy beverages with your food, the mixed messages to your body only worsen, she says. "When you drink cold liquids, your stomach will start contracting and it will massage the food that will again quickly leave [the] stomach to the rest of the gastrointestinal track."
This means your stomach will be empty sooner than normal, and you will be hungrier sooner.
This cycle of overeating can lead to a yo-yo effect.
If you consistently overeat, you'll trigger changes in your stomach, the doctor says. The neurological tissue at the top of the stomach, which signals the brain that the stomach is full, starts to malfunction.
"When you overeat time and time again, this electrical conduit pathway gets tired and it doesn't tell your brain that you're full anymore," says Stiles. "It may send abnormal signals and you may not even realize you're full."
If you drink lots of icy beverages with your food, the mixed messages to your body only worsen, she says. "When you drink cold liquids, your stomach will start contracting and it will massage the food that will again quickly leave [the] stomach to the rest of the gastrointestinal track."
This means your stomach will be empty sooner than normal, and you will be hungrier sooner.
Reading this brought to mind what Ellen wrote along these lines:
Quote:
Christian Temperance and Bible Hygiene (1890), page 51, paragraph 2
Chapter Title: Relation of Diet to Health and Morals
Many make a mistake in drinking cold water with their meals. Food should not be washed down. Taken with meals, water diminishes the flow of the saliva; and the colder the water, the greater the injury to the stomach. Ice-water or ice-lemonade, taken with meals, will arrest digestion until the system has imparted sufficient warmth to the stomach to enable it to take up its work again. Masticate slowly, and allow the saliva to mingle with the food.
Chapter Title: Relation of Diet to Health and Morals
Many make a mistake in drinking cold water with their meals. Food should not be washed down. Taken with meals, water diminishes the flow of the saliva; and the colder the water, the greater the injury to the stomach. Ice-water or ice-lemonade, taken with meals, will arrest digestion until the system has imparted sufficient warmth to the stomach to enable it to take up its work again. Masticate slowly, and allow the saliva to mingle with the food.
I haven't researched the subject, but this is the first time that I have come across anything other then Ellen's statement on the ill effects of ice water with meals. Has any one else read anything on the subject?