Hello everybody.
There was a tragic accident yesterday on the island of Rhodes here in Greece. Two teenager (16 and 19yo) tourists from France were fount dead in the swimming pool of a hotel. Can't find any reference in English yet.
No details are know yet but while listening to the radio about it, a possible cause was mentioned to be what we call "swimming with full stomach" i.e. swimming soon after somebody has eaten.
This reminded me of the guidelines given to everybody here in Greece - especially young kids: One should never swim before digesting i.e. sooner than 3 hours after eating.
The reason often given to support this, is that the stomach uses a lot of blood/effort for digestion hence you shouldn't put more stress to your body or you greatly increase the chances of a heart attack. To me this doesn't sound very possible, but anyway.
It is something that everybody here is very aware of and results in constant battles between parents and kids during holidays etc. I have noticed though that I have never seen any similar precautions from foreign sources.
Could that be another social "myth" ? Are there any established guidelines against swimming or similarly against diving after eating?
We are talking about even normal meals (without alcoholic beverages). Not huge feasts like the ones that you are so full that you can't even move out of the dinning table.
Any thoughts? Thanks a lot in advance
(Edit: Just fount an article about the accident: Two teenage sisters drown in Rhodes hotel pool | Kathimerini )
There was a tragic accident yesterday on the island of Rhodes here in Greece. Two teenager (16 and 19yo) tourists from France were fount dead in the swimming pool of a hotel. Can't find any reference in English yet.
No details are know yet but while listening to the radio about it, a possible cause was mentioned to be what we call "swimming with full stomach" i.e. swimming soon after somebody has eaten.
This reminded me of the guidelines given to everybody here in Greece - especially young kids: One should never swim before digesting i.e. sooner than 3 hours after eating.
The reason often given to support this, is that the stomach uses a lot of blood/effort for digestion hence you shouldn't put more stress to your body or you greatly increase the chances of a heart attack. To me this doesn't sound very possible, but anyway.
It is something that everybody here is very aware of and results in constant battles between parents and kids during holidays etc. I have noticed though that I have never seen any similar precautions from foreign sources.
Could that be another social "myth" ? Are there any established guidelines against swimming or similarly against diving after eating?
We are talking about even normal meals (without alcoholic beverages). Not huge feasts like the ones that you are so full that you can't even move out of the dinning table.
Any thoughts? Thanks a lot in advance
(Edit: Just fount an article about the accident: Two teenage sisters drown in Rhodes hotel pool | Kathimerini )