Simultaneously Eating and Drinking

Flint · 06-07-2007, 01:28 PM

I was eating something in the car, and when I was done with the whole thing I took a drink to "wash it down" ...

I thought about the phrase "wash it down" and it's literal meaning, as I felt the food particles goe down my gullet.

I thought about how we usually drink as a part of a meal, drinking between bites, instead of waiting and taking a drink to "wash it down" ...

I began to wonder under what circumstances a primitive hunter gatherer would have such easy access to drinking water. I concluded our evolutionary ancestors would not have had the resources to drink an unlimited amount of water; they would not have water on hand at the same moment that they had food, or vice versa.

I then thought that this constant, unnatural liquid intake might be diluting our digestive juices. I thought, our bodies probably ramp up production to compensate for this. And as a result, we have some of the health problems that we do.

Spexxvet · 06-07-2007, 01:32 PM

Did all that thinking give you agita?

wolf · 06-07-2007, 01:32 PM

I do not typically drink during a meal. Don't know why, just something I've done since I was a kid. It wasn't a "family thing," I'm the only one that does this. In fact, I usually won't even have a beverage at my place setting during a meal (yeah, of course wine is an exception to this), but no soda, juice, or water until after I'm done eating. I do the same thing at work. If I take my soda out of the fridge when I start eating, it's warm by the time I get to it. Yuck.

Flint · 06-07-2007, 01:37 PM

@wolf: I think you may be shunning the norms of society and obeying your natural instincts. Then again, our instinct may be to consume as much as you can of whatever is available. In the first interpretation, however, you can pat yourself on the back for being in touch with your inner spirit guides, or whatever terminology you find most gratifying.

wolf · 06-07-2007, 01:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Flint

@wolf: I think you may be shunning the norms of society and obeying your natural instincts. Then again, our instinct may be to consume as much as you can of whatever is available.

Oh, I do that too.

Natural instincts. That's a really good excuse. I'll have to use that in future.

Shawnee123 · 06-07-2007, 01:37 PM

I know a lot of people who might take one sip of water while they're eating. Not me, whether it's water, or milk, or diet coke, or a beer...I drink a ton while I eat.

Maybe I have a lazy peristalsis?

Flint · 06-07-2007, 01:38 PM

@Shawnee: The other side of this is that water fills up your stomach, and you consume less calories.

Sundae · 06-08-2007, 12:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Flint

I then thought that this constant, unnatural liquid intake might be diluting our digestive juices. I thought, our bodies probably ramp up production to compensate for this. And as a result, we have some of the health problems that we do.

Nope. Digestive juices don't mix with water. It would be like saying you were "diluting" oil with vinegar.

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Originally Posted by Flint

@Shawnee: The other side of this is that water fills up your stomach, and you consume less calories.

Also not true, at least not long term. However eating foods high in moisture, or blended with water (ie soup) can make you feel fuller for longer - a lot longer actually. That's why there are so many slimming soups.

But I agree it's unnatural to drink at the same time as eating. In fact cat and dog guides caution against putting water bowls next to food - animals will drink more (and therefore keep a healthier system) if water is kept in a different location because it feels more natural to them.

I am in the unnatural camp myself - we always had a drink with our meal at home and it freaked me out to go to friends' houses and not be offered anything. I always thought it was very rude if a drink wasn't offered - I hadn't properly understood that it simply hadn't occurred to them (brief aside - a friend asked in a shocked voice if she could have a napkin when eating at my house - she was embarrassed at having to ask, my Mum was embarrassed because we never used them and I was embarrassed because everyone else was. It was perhaps the worst meal of my life)

Flint · 06-07-2007, 01:48 PM

When you're "wolfing" something down?

lumberjim · 06-07-2007, 01:52 PM

DUDE. a bad pun? wtf? where're your standards?

Cloud · 06-07-2007, 01:54 PM

. . . can be rather messy!

HungLikeJesus · 06-07-2007, 03:37 PM

Have you ever started to eat something or take a large pill and suddenly forget how to swallow? You're sitting there with this big blockage right at the entrance to your esophagus and you can't remember which muscles you have to move to get it down the chute. The veins in your head start to bulge and you either need to hack it out into your hand or risk choking.

Has this ever happened to you?

Griff · 06-07-2007, 07:02 PM

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Originally Posted by HLJ

Have you ever ... suddenly forget how to swallow? You're sitting there with this big blockage right at the entrance to your esophagus and you can't remember which muscles you have to move to get it down the chute. The veins in your head start to bulge and you either need to hack it out into your hand or risk choking.

Has this ever happened to you?

Dude, are you a chick?

HungLikeJesus · 06-07-2007, 07:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Griff

Dude, are you a chick?

I knew I was setting myself up for that. I couldn't think of a way to avoid saying "swallow." I just figured that no Cellion would be so unkind as to point that out.

Griff · 06-08-2007, 06:23 AM

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Originally Posted by HLJ

I knew I was setting myself up for that. I couldn't think of a way to avoid saying "swallow." I just figured that no Cellion would be so unkind as to point that out.

You thought most wrongly though. I'm the First Cellion! Thank you!

06-07-2007, 01:28 PM	#1
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Simultaneously Eating and Drinking I was eating something in the car, and when I was done with the whole thing I took a drink to "wash it down" ... I thought about the phrase "wash it down" and it's literal meaning, as I felt the food particles goe down my gullet. I thought about how we usually drink as a part of a meal, drinking between bites, instead of waiting and taking a drink to "wash it down" ... I began to wonder under what circumstances a primitive hunter gatherer would have such easy access to drinking water. I concluded our evolutionary ancestors would not have had the resources to drink an unlimited amount of water; they would not have water on hand at the same moment that they had food, or vice versa. I then thought that this constant, unnatural liquid intake might be diluting our digestive juices. I thought, our bodies probably ramp up production to compensate for this. And as a result, we have some of the health problems that we do. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

06-07-2007, 01:32 PM	#2
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	Did all that thinking give you agita? __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

06-07-2007, 01:32 PM	#3
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I do not typically drink during a meal. Don't know why, just something I've done since I was a kid. It wasn't a "family thing," I'm the only one that does this. In fact, I usually won't even have a beverage at my place setting during a meal (yeah, of course wine is an exception to this), but no soda, juice, or water until after I'm done eating. I do the same thing at work. If I take my soda out of the fridge when I start eating, it's warm by the time I get to it. Yuck. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

06-07-2007, 01:37 PM	#4
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	@wolf: I think you may be shunning the norms of society and obeying your natural instincts. Then again, our instinct may be to consume as much as you can of whatever is available. In the first interpretation, however, you can pat yourself on the back for being in touch with your inner spirit guides, or whatever terminology you find most gratifying. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

06-07-2007, 01:37 PM	#6
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	I know a lot of people who might take one sip of water while they're eating. Not me, whether it's water, or milk, or diet coke, or a beer...I drink a ton while I eat. Maybe I have a lazy peristalsis? __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

06-07-2007, 01:38 PM	#7
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	@Shawnee: The other side of this is that water fills up your stomach, and you consume less calories. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

06-07-2007, 01:48 PM	#9
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	When you're "wolfing" something down? __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

06-07-2007, 01:52 PM	#10
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	DUDE. a bad pun? wtf? where're your standards?

06-07-2007, 01:54 PM	#11
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	. . . can be rather messy! __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

06-07-2007, 03:37 PM	#12
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	Have you ever started to eat something or take a large pill and suddenly forget how to swallow? You're sitting there with this big blockage right at the entrance to your esophagus and you can't remember which muscles you have to move to get it down the chute. The veins in your head start to bulge and you either need to hack it out into your hand or risk choking. Has this ever happened to you? __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

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