Food Coma Science, How to Avoid Raising Materialistic Kids, and 3M on Building a Circular Economy

Curiosity Weekly

Warner Bros. Discovery

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4.6 • 963 Ratings

🗓️ 28 November 2019

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Learn about why you get sleepy after you eat, and how to prevent that inevitable food coma; an easy way to avoid raising materialistic kids; and current efforts to save the world by creating a circular economy, with 3M Chief Sustainability Officer Gayle Schueller.

In this podcast, Cody Gough and Ashley Hamer discuss the following stories to help you get smarter and learn something new in just a few minutes:

Food Coma? Here's Why You Get Sleepy After You Eat
There's an Easy Way to Avoid Raising Materialistic Kids

Additional resources from 3M:

3M Sustainability — https://3m.com/sustainability
Follow @3M on Twitter — https://twitter.com/3m
Manufacturing giant 3M commits to 100% renewable power for global operations | RE100 — http://there100.org/news/14285888
Six new members join the CE100 network | Ellen MacArthur Foundation — https://www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/news/six-new-members-join-the-ce100-network-1
3M and Clean Air Asia Act on Climate Change with New Air Pollution Initiative — https://news.3m.com/press-release/company-english/3m-and-clean-air-asia-act-climate-change-new-air-pollution-initiative
Reinventing warmth with recycled plastic — https://www.3m.com/3M/en_US/sustainability-us/stories/full-story/~reinventing-warmth-with-recycled-plastic/?storyid=9b569514-1e4a-4891-87be-36477aeee013

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0:00.0	Hi, we're here from Curiosity.com to help you get smarter in just a few minutes.
0:05.0	I'm Cody Gough.
0:06.0	And I'm Ashley Hamer.
0:07.0	Today you learn about why you get sleepy after you eat and how to prevent that inevitable food coma.
0:12.0	An easy way to avoid raising materialistic... and how to prevent that inevitable food coma,
0:12.6	an easy way to avoid raising materialistic kids,
0:15.8	and current efforts to save the world
0:17.9	by creating a circular economy
0:19.9	with special guest Gail Schuller from 3M.
0:22.6	And if you're listening here in the US, then happy Thanksgiving.
0:25.4	Let's feast on some curiosity.
0:27.4	Thanksgiving is just one of many wonderful holidays for enjoying friends, family, and
0:31.6	food.
0:32.6	Of course, it's a lot easier to enjoy those things
0:35.0	when you're awake.
0:36.4	And that means that the last thing you need
0:38.4	is a food coma.
0:39.8	You know the feeling, right?
0:41.3	You're just so sleepy after the meal. All you want to do is take a nap.
0:45.0	Fun fact, in scientific terms, this is called postprandial somnolence.
0:50.0	Postprandial means after a meal, and somnolence means drowsiness and I'm about to tell you why it happens and how to avoid it.
0:58.0	So when you eat your pancreas releases insulin to help your stomach absorb glucose from the carbohydrates in the meal.
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