My buddy swore you need to wait 30 minutes after eating to swim

Last summer at Lake Tahoe, my friend Mike freaked out when I jumped in the water 10 minutes after lunch. He kept yelling about cramps and drowning. I looked it up later and found zero real cases of anyone dying from swimming on a full stomach. It's just something parents say to keep kids calm. Has anyone actually seen this go wrong or is it all talk?

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paul2511mo ago

Wait, you ever seen what happens when your buddy eats a chili dog and jumps right in? I knew a guy in high school. Kevin. Ate a full plate of nachos, cannonballed off the diving board. Let's just say he painted the pool orange. Not a drowning situation, but definitely a bathroom emergency.

dylan_bell1mo ago

@paul251 Kevin sounds like a legend. I've seen similar things at public pools. One time a kid ate four hot dogs at a birthday party and then went down the slide. Let's just say the pool closed for a deep clean. Some lessons you only learn once.

lucaslee23d ago

Four hot dogs and then a slide? @dylan_bell that sounds like a disaster waiting to happen. I've seen grown adults make the same mistake with chili cheese fries and regret it instantly. Something about speeding down a slide just shakes everything loose, I guess.