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What Exactly Is A Thanksgiving Food Coma?

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Thanksgiving is tomorrow, November 23rd, and Americans everywhere are going to eat an extensive amount of food, so much so many will say afterwards that they are going into a food coma. Dr. Satish Rao, Director, Neurogastroenteroogy & GI Motility at Augusta University, explains food comas medically. He explains, “you have stolen blood from the rest of the body and diverted it to the gut, to facilitate the metabolism of the food.