Just realized the whole 'wait 30 min after eating to swim' thing is total junk

I was at a pool party last summer and this dad kept pulling his kid out after lunch saying they'd cramp up and drown. I asked him if he ever actually knew someone that happened to and he just mumbled something about his grandma. Am I crazy for thinking this myth needs to die already?

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grant_hart1mo ago

Ngl I ate a whole pizza before swimming once and the only cramp I got was from doing a cannonball

king.andrew1mo ago

Yeah I read somewhere the whole waiting 30 minutes thing was just made up by a lifeguard in the 50s.