Shortness of breath while bulking

[Swole_2112]

I've found that sometimes while in a bulking cycle I'll feel a shortness of breath after eating an extremely large meal. Anybody ever experience this kind of thing before?

 

[blz]

I've found that sometimes while in a bulking cycle I'll feel a shortness of breath after eating an extremely large meal. Anybody ever experience this kind of thing before?

how old are you and what kind of meal is this? it is most likely just your enlarged stomach increasing abdominal pressure making it harder to breath. however, endothelial cell performance dimishes significantly after a fatty meal. these changes can occur within 20 mins! unless you're at some risk for cardiovascular disease, it's probably just the stomach taking up space.

 

[Swole_2112]

how old are you and what kind of meal is this? it is most likely just your enlarged stomach increasing abdominal pressure making it harder to breath. however, endothelial cell performance dimishes significantly after a fatty meal. these changes can occur within 20 mins! unless you're at some risk for cardiovascular disease, it's probably just the stomach taking up space.

I'm only 26. The meal I had in mind when I posted this (which actually made my breathering quite labored) was a large amount of white rice and beef cooked in sesame oil eated at a Korean buffett followed approximately 1.5 hours later by a pint of Ben and Jerry's ice cream. The other occasions where I'll experience such labored breathing is when I have a 40oz weight gaining shake from Smoothy King, a shake that, I learned recently, has 1692 Calories. I've noticed that this labored breathing that I describe does seem to be the worst after consuming a large amount of fat.

What is the connection between the endothelial cell performance and my labored breathing? Perhaps it is a combination of the enlarged stomach and the large consumption of fat? What do you think?

 

[blz]

I'm only 26. The meal I had in mind when I posted this (which actually made my breathering quite labored) was a large amount of white rice and beef cooked in sesame oil eated at a Korean buffett followed approximately 1.5 hours later by a pint of Ben and Jerry's ice cream. The other occasions where I'll experience such labored breathing is when I have a 40oz weight gaining shake from Smoothy King, a shake that, I learned recently, has 1692 Calories. I've noticed that this labored breathing that I describe does seem to be the worst after consuming a large amount of fat.

What is the connection between the endothelial cell performance and my labored breathing? Perhaps it is a combination of the enlarged stomach and the large consumption of fat? What do you think?

diminished endothelial performance leading to SOB after a large fatty meal is more of an issue with people with a risk of cardiovascular disease. endothelial cells line blood vessels and their diminished performance leads to enhanced atherosclerotic change following a huge fatty meal (i've actually seen this in patients complaining of angina after large meals at mdcondald's). but at your age, unless you are at a very high risk of cardiovascular disease, is most likely due to your stomach increasing abdominal pressure and making it more difficult for your lungs to breathe. the association of high fatty meals in your case is most likely due to the fact that meals high in fat slow gastric emptying leading to a prolonged state of fullness. unless you're feeling pain along with SOB, i wouldn't worry about worse differentials like cardiovascular disease, hiatal hernias, etc.

 

[Swole_2112]

diminished endothelial performance leading to SOB after a large fatty meal is more of an issue with people with a risk of cardiovascular disease. endothelial cells line blood vessels and their diminished performance leads to enhanced atherosclerotic change following a huge fatty meal (i've actually seen this in patients complaining of angina after large meals at mdcondald's). but at your age, unless you are at a very high risk of cardiovascular disease, is most likely due to your stomach increasing abdominal pressure and making it more difficult for your lungs to breathe. the association of high fatty meals in your case is most likely due to the fact that meals high in fat slow gastric emptying leading to a prolonged state of fullness. unless you're feeling pain along with SOB, i wouldn't worry about worse differentials like cardiovascular disease, hiatal hernias, etc.

To the best of my knowledge, I don't have cardiovascular conditions. A doctor that I saw thought that ever fourth or fifth heart beat wasn't being transmitted completely. He sent me for an EKG. The EKG revealed nothing. He later referred me to a cardiologist who had me where a heart monitor for 24 hours. Even though there was a problem with a portion of the test because the VO2 saturation monitor fell off my finger, she never informed me that there was anything unusual revealed by the remaining results of the test. Also, a nurse friend of mine told me that even though the test was technically incomplete, the doctor would have contacted me if there would have been any abnomalities in the results of the rest of the test, no matter how slight. Does this sound correct to you?

 

[blz]

To the best of my knowledge, I don't have cardiovascular conditions. A doctor that I saw thought that ever fourth or fifth heart beat wasn't being transmitted completely. He sent me for an EKG. The EKG revealed nothing. He later referred me to a cardiologist who had me where a heart monitor for 24 hours. Even though there was a problem with a portion of the test because the VO2 saturation monitor fell off my finger, she never informed me that there was anything unusual revealed by the remaining results of the test. Also, a nurse friend of mine told me that even though the test was technically incomplete, the doctor would have contacted me if there would have been any abnomalities in the results of the rest of the test, no matter how slight. Does this sound correct to you?

EKGs are a good tool but cannot usually be used as a sole diagnostic tool. An echocardiogram would be a better start if properly indicated. What prompted you to get this cardiovascular test? was it just a regular checkup where the doc picked it up? Unless, you're feeling any other symptoms (fluttering in chest, racing heart beat, slow heart beat, chest pain, etc.) it's probably not a pathologic arrhythmia. Did the cardiologist work you up or just put you on a heart monitor?

 

[Swole_2112]

EKGs are a good tool but cannot usually be used as a sole diagnostic tool. An echocardiogram would be a better start if properly indicated. What prompted you to get this cardiovascular test? was it just a regular checkup where the doc picked it up? Unless, you're feeling any other symptoms (fluttering in chest, racing heart beat, slow heart beat, chest pain, etc.) it's probably not a pathologic arrhythmia. Did the cardiologist work you up or just put you on a heart monitor?

The doctor that ordered the EKG was actually a surgeon who was about to do an out patient procedure on me. He just picked up on it while taking my pulse. The cardiologist just had me on a heart monitor for 24 hours. I don't really have any of the symptoms that you describe. I would say that sometimes in the past I've felt some kind of fluttering in my chest, but the occurances of those instances are few and far between, and even less frequent since I changed my diet.