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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Sinusitis / June 2006Digestion And Congestion
Doctors claim digestion begins in the mouth. (chewing) I have found that eating promotes tons of post nasal drip and head congestion. Now that I have approached the 50 year old mark I find eating high fatty foods makes congestion far worse than ever! Is my body unable to process/digest fat? Thanks. J. > Doctors claim digestion begins in the mouth. (chewing) I have found > that eating promotes [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > ever! Is my body unable > to process/digest fat? When you eat a food, there's more to it than just the fat, which is the least likely food constituent to cause a reaction. Susan > x-no-archive: yes > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Susan I know what your saying. However, it is high fat foods that make it a lot worse.This does not seem like a food allergy. Thanks for your reply. I appreciate it. J. > I know what your saying. However, it is high fat foods that make it a > lot worse.This does > not seem like a food allergy. Thanks for your reply. I appreciate it. What else besides fat is in the foods? Susan Dairy products make me more congested, even fat free milk. shirleyann > Dairy products make me more congested, even fat free milk. > > shirleyann Lots of folks have this reaction to dairy. I used to get very congested any time I ate fish, fatty or lean; it's very high in histamines. Susan > Doctors claim digestion begins in the mouth. (chewing) I have found > that eating promotes [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > ever! Is my body unable > to process/digest fat? I doubt it. Which foods, in particular, are giving you trouble? Sometimes it's the temperature of the food, or the spices acting as irritants, that can cause trouble.  SignatureSteven D. Litvintchouk Email: sdlitvin@earthlinkNOSPAM.net Remove the NOSPAM before replying to me. >Doctors claim digestion begins in the mouth. (chewing) I have found >that eating promotes [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Lots of post nasal drip probably means that your sinuses were already full of fluid before you ate. That may be the real problem, not the food. Eating a high calorie meal will just cause them to attempt to empty as your metabolism speeds up. > Eating a > high calorie meal will just cause them to attempt to empty as your metabolism > speeds up. Really?! Do you have citations for this? I was unaware of this connection. I've had the experience of getting congested upon eating fish (loaded with histamine) but not of getting PND from it. I'd love to see some cites for PND being caused by high caloric meals. Susan >x-no-archive: yes > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > >I'd love to see some cites for PND being caused by high caloric meals. Not caused, triggered . Your metabilism slows down if you are low on calories and speeds up on excess calories. That's why losing weight is hard. >x-no-archive: yes > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > >I'd love to see some cites for PND being caused by high caloric meals. Not caused, triggered . Your metabolism slows down if you are low on calories and speeds up on excess calories. That's why losing weight is hard when you just cut back on calories. The cause of psot-nasal drainage is sinuses that are full of fluid. > Not caused, triggered . I'd love to see cites for that, too! > Your metabolism slows down if you are low on calories and speeds up on excess > calories. Not with the first small meal. > That's why losing weight is hard when you just cut back on calories. Well, it's impossible if you don't, OTOH. Actually, metabolism will slow pretty rapidly with extreme low calorie eating, due to reduction of active T3 hormone and increase in inactive reverse T3. Using cyclical refeeding can overcome the slowdown, though. > The cause of psot-nasal drainage is sinuses that are full of fluid. Okay, but I'm trying to figure out how/why fluid buildup would increase with metabolic slowdown? One effect of very low calories or very low carbs is reduced inflammation, so the connection is kind of mysterious to me. Susan >Okay, but I'm trying to figure out how/why fluid buildup would increase >with metabolic slowdown? Cilia and other clearing mechanisms speed up when your metabolism does. That's why stimulants help clear your sinuses. Many people here are taking them for exactly that purpose. This is primarily going to be a factor in people who had borderline low metabolism to begin with. > Cilia and other clearing mechanisms speed up when your metabolism does. I never considered that! Do you have some citations where it's been demonstrated? I have to say, I'm just as bad off now with my improved metabolism than I was before. I find my congestion is allergy related and triggered. > That's > why stimulants help clear your sinuses. Many people here are taking them for > exactly that purpose. You're saying that stimulants work because of their effect on metabolism specifically? > This is primarily going to be a factor in people who had borderline low > metabolism to begin with. So what causes congestion in everyone else? Susan >>Okay, but I'm trying to figure out how/why fluid buildup would increase >>with metabolic slowdown? [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > This is primarily going to be a factor in people who had borderline low > metabolism to begin with. I haven't been able to turn up any citations indicating diet induced metabolism changes per meal (or at all) affecting nasal cilia function, except on ayurvedic web sites. Since metabolism doesn't speed up each time you eat a large meal, nor slow down with each small meal, this theory just isn't plausible to me. Susan >Since metabolism doesn't speed up each time you eat a large meal It does for people who have low metabolism to begin with. >>Since metabolism doesn't speed up each time you eat a large meal > > It does for people who have low metabolism to begin with. You got a citation for that? I've never heard of such a single meal phenomenon but I'm always open for good evidence. So far, you've produced none to back up a single assertion you've made. Where does your information come from? Susan >>>Since metabolism doesn't speed up each time you eat a large meal >> [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >So far, you've produced none to back up a single assertion you've made. >Where does your information come from? You are always demanding citations for what is common medical knowledge. See e.g. http://menshealth.about.com/cs/diet/a/metabolism_faq.htm "Except low-fat diets which tend to result in poor hormone production which leads to a slower metabolism."..... >Susan > You are always demanding citations for what is common medical knowledge. Only in response to your making authoritative medical assertions with no evidence that there's any science to back them up. Then, when pressed, you provide an irrelevent and unscientific reference like the one below. > See e.g. http://menshealth.about.com/cs/diet/a/metabolism_faq.htm > > "Except low-fat diets which tend to result in poor hormone production which > leads to a slower metabolism."..... Where *in the peer reviewed medical literature* does it say that sinus congestion or slow metabolism is caused by eating a single low calorie meal? Susan |
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