will the digestion process stop/pause if I go to sleep?I'm full right now but I'm also sleepy. If I sleep in a vertical position will the digestion process continue or will it stop and continue when I wake up? Is it bad to do that?
Posted by Rick Shaw
It will slow down a bit, that is all. Once in a while , no harm done. If done often can result in weight gain.
Posted by kole
no
Posted by atstdriver
Digestion will continue whether you are awake or asleep - your gut doesn't need to sleep and it regulates itself pretty much independently of what your brain is doing. It might even be more efficient - when you are active and moving around, digestion actually slows down as blood and resources are shifted elsewhere (like the muscles). In a normal person, positioning doesn't matter - the intestines are coiled in all sorts of funny directions anyway so that they can fit inside of you. The stomach and intestines have sphincters to close off their openings, and the muscles in their walls can squeeze to move everything around where it needs to go. Otherwise, animals that walk around horizontally or like to hang upside down would never be able to digest anything...
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