Vit. World guy

[NorgePrecision]

I had a talk with the vitamin world worker when I went in to see if they had any good deals on close to expiration date protein. I asked him which of the two different brands he thought would be better to take before bed. He looked at me funny and said to take nothing before bed. Then he went into this description about how the stomach is shaped like a funnel and when you lay down, the contents just lay on the bottom of the stomach and don't get digested. He then went on to say that this is not good because everything is useless by the time it is moved from the stomach to the intestines.
I always thought the stomach churned when there was food in there and doesn't just sit dormant.

I just looked at him and said that I've been eating things like cottage cheese and peanut butter before bed for the last 2 years. He said I should probably stop that. I said no more because I didn't want to get a debate going that I may not be able to back up, so I bought my protein and left. Is there any truth to this at all? It sounds like a line of bs from everything I've researched in here.

 

[jmt24]

that's the first time ive heard that so im sure its bs. those people really dont know wtf they are talking about. they aren't trainers and have no training in nutrition.

 

[SgtSlaughter]

interesting query! I would say the stomach in a muscle and that it pushes substances down if your laying down.

I wake up hungry after eating at night.

I usually have to sit on the Ivory Throne in the a.m.

Can't think of anyother strange reasons...

 

[vin01]

I think we have all had our share of run-ins with the GNC or Vitamin World workers.

I think it is part of their job description to act intelligent on nutrition and physiology. Most of the time, they aren't (EDIT: most of the time they know absolutely jack shit).

I am not a doctor or anything, but I'd assume that if you had food in your stomach, it would get digested regardless if you were standing, laying, or hanging upsdide down. But maybe gravity does have something to do with digestion..

 

[lacoste]

Vitamin World huh...yeah.. most of those clowns have no idea, I had one guy tell me that diet wasn't important at all, he eat McDonald's all the time, and just to take a fat burner. And the sad thing is to the average guy he probably looked ripped and they will believe everything he says. Trust what you've heard on here man, your doing the right thing by eating slow diegesting proteins before bed. Next time your in there why dont you ask them what the big push has been for the nightime proteins that they have been selling, ifyour not supposed to take before bed, I guess we're all supposed to sleep standing up.

 

[perp69]

Nope stomach can still function whether you in bed or standing on your head. Now when you fall asleep most body systems slow down including digestion, with exception of the brain.

Perp

 

[Lifterforlife]

Well, there is some interesting evidence out there...for one, he may in fact have held old notions(1975) that Hunt and colleagues argued that gravity hinders emptying when subjects are on the left side or supine because of the anterior position of the antrum and pylorus relative to the body of the stomach. When the meal contains nutrients that stimulate intestinal receptors, however, any hindrance to emptying due to gravity is offset by reduced stimulation of these receptors, which, in turn, reduces inhibition of motor mechanisms responsible for propulsion of the meal into the intestine.

The results of studies with more complex meals show, however, that the effects of posture on emptying depend not only on the nutritive content of the meal, but also on other factors that have yet to be identified and investigated. A low-nutrient soup ingested with olive oil, for example, empties more slowly when subjects are on the left side than when they are seated. Posture does not affect emptying of a solid food ingested without a liquid but does affect emptying of a solid food ingested with a nutritive liquid .