07-06-2013, 12:50 AM
I'm highly resistant to sea sickness to the extent that in crossing to the Bahamas in seas so rough no other boat had dared in weeks, I would be the one in the family to take longest turns at the helm as a child.
Still, I have been sea sick a few times in my life and report that it has always been associated with having a lot of food in my stomach. Skip breakfast and all meals at sea and I would not get even the slightest bit seasick with dependability even in sustained roughest of seas when others would.
Now I know that I can eat yet greatly reduce the time food is digesting in the stomach. There are several factors here. Picking foods and food combinations that digest fast and staging them for best digestion is one way.
I don't take any medications ever. But, there are food supplements at health food stores that I do take that improves digestion. That means my stomach will finish it's job and pass food to the small intestine faster. At that point, I would be ready for the roughest of seas and not become low on energy from not eating.
Betaine HCL and digestive enzyme capsules taken together with a meal means it will digest well and spend much less time in the stomach.
Plan your eating schedule to have the energy from the food while at sea yet having the stomach empty upon departure.
Small easily digested snacks could be the exception, but for best resistance to sea sickness, don't eat at sea. Drink water to not get thirsty, but don't eat until back on land.
Normally I don't avoid food at sea because I almost never get sea sick. But, when taking on a crossing in the roughest of seas, I go for dependability to take all turns at the helm by not eating.
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Still, I have been sea sick a few times in my life and report that it has always been associated with having a lot of food in my stomach. Skip breakfast and all meals at sea and I would not get even the slightest bit seasick with dependability even in sustained roughest of seas when others would.
Now I know that I can eat yet greatly reduce the time food is digesting in the stomach. There are several factors here. Picking foods and food combinations that digest fast and staging them for best digestion is one way.
I don't take any medications ever. But, there are food supplements at health food stores that I do take that improves digestion. That means my stomach will finish it's job and pass food to the small intestine faster. At that point, I would be ready for the roughest of seas and not become low on energy from not eating.
Betaine HCL and digestive enzyme capsules taken together with a meal means it will digest well and spend much less time in the stomach.
Plan your eating schedule to have the energy from the food while at sea yet having the stomach empty upon departure.
Small easily digested snacks could be the exception, but for best resistance to sea sickness, don't eat at sea. Drink water to not get thirsty, but don't eat until back on land.
Normally I don't avoid food at sea because I almost never get sea sick. But, when taking on a crossing in the roughest of seas, I go for dependability to take all turns at the helm by not eating.
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