High GI food triggers sleepiness


	High GI food triggers sleepiness

Socratoad

10-11-2009 11:16 AM

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Socratoad says:

Yup, overeating always makes me sleepy!

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10-11-2009 6:16 PM

ljsdesign

Speaking of which, Happy Thanksgiving Toad

10-11-2009 6:53 PM

Socratoad

Thank you very much Lisa

Yours is next month.

Years ago I was a fighter pilot stationed in Europe with NATO. In order to get supplies efficiently both we and the Americans ordered from the same sources.

The upside of this arrangement was we celebrated both Thankgivings

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