Why one should not go for swimming soon after food?

-- Manjunatha Bhat (mbhatudupi@c4.com), January 07, 2002

Answers

Digestion takes energy. Exercise of any kind after eating a normal or large meal can cause stomach cramping. Special attention to swimming/drowning...

-- jjj lll (jjj@aol.com), October 17, 2003.

That is an urban mith Swimmers eat all day long at swim meets and before practice. the stomach uses a different energy source for digestion. now eating twinkys before a work out may slow you down in a race but it will not make you drown

-- Coach Ben (swiftswims@cona.net), December 22, 2004.