Gerhard Volkheimer, Medical World News, September 25, 1964 p. 46: “A peaceful after-dinner nap may be only the lull before the cardiac storm…” Dr Gerhard of Humboldt University Medical School, Berlin, finds that physical inactivity (especially after meals) can lead to the accumulation of chyle (or fat) in the thoracic duct. And any sudden movement can apparently propel enough chyle into the blood to produce a coronary embolism (heart attack).
Dr Bolkheimer conducted a series of studies in which he would feed the laboratory animals then put them to sleep for an hour. It was found that the fat accumulated in the thoracic duct and when the abdominal wall was contracted large quantities of chyle, or fat, were thrown into the blood stream. In one group of animals he found a large number of very tiny vessels of the coronary arteries plugged by these fatty drops. It seemed the longer the fat remained in the thoracic duct the larger the fat drops became. This effect was the most marked after the animals were fed bacon fat. When the animals were fed germ oils the fat particles did not tend to clump and grow in size.
When the doctor’s animals were taken on a half-hour walk around the block after eating there was no accumulation of fat droplets. Take yourself and someone you love for a walk instead of a siesta after meals if you want to avoid the risk of a heart attack.
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