Guest guest Posted March 21, 2004 Report Share Posted March 21, 2004 Does anyone have experience and/or knowledge about blood chemistry and yawning? Since starting the BTD, I have more problem with uncontrollable yawning at various times, usually when I haven't eaten for a few hours, or in the morning before breakfast. My husband is an RN and he said that sometimes we yawn when the body is trying to correct acidic blood chemistry. Before this diet, I could prevent this sometimes-embarrassing yawning by not eating high-carb meals, or having some coffee before church (it's very embarrassing to yawn all through the sermon). But this morning I had an egg in the morning and it still happened. The other night I was yawning in the afternoon, ate a steak for dinner, and started yawning again soon after dinner! Any clues? Gretchen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 22, 2004 Report Share Posted March 22, 2004 Oxygen - learn proper breathing. Pull from diaphram into lower lungs, not just high shallow breaths. Low blood sugar - you may be doing too much protein and not enough complex carbs. Are you getting enough water? Try for 8 oz first thing in the morning, then 4 to 6 oz every hour the rest of the day. KM mcpherson.bg@... wrote: Does anyone have experience and/or knowledge about blood chemistry and yawning? Since starting the BTD, I have more problem with uncontrollable yawning at various times, usually when I haven't eaten for a few hours, or in the morning before breakfast. My husband is an RN and he said that sometimes we yawn when the body is trying to correct acidic blood chemistry. Before this diet, I could prevent this sometimes-embarrassing yawning by not eating high-carb meals, or having some coffee before church (it's very embarrassing to yawn all through the sermon). But this morning I had an egg in the morning and it still happened. The other night I was yawning in the afternoon, ate a steak for dinner, and started yawning again soon after dinner! Any clues? Gretchen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 22, 2004 Report Share Posted March 22, 2004 From: <mcpherson.bg@...> >>Does anyone have experience and/or knowledge about blood chemistry and yawning?<< I thought yawning was an indication of lack of oxygen?.?.? I know that when I was in choir, we used to do breathing exercises to teach us how to breathe right (especially the girls). I guess girls are so used to holding their stomaches in, that it makes them not breathe right...and for some, they have done it so much that they don't even realize they are doing it! Try looking up breathing exercises in a Google search. Increasing lung capacity it a good thing!! Of course increasing lung capacity may make those yawns even bigger and more embarassing!! ACK!! OK. I just did the Google thing and this was the first site that popped up. I was close!! Go there and check it out! http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/yawning.html Coryn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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