Beat fast after eating??? Why?

[KHan82]

Does anyone else experience faster, harder beats after eating a large meal?  Why is that?

[Ihatepalps2]

Hi, and Happy New Year!!
I dont really experience faster beats ( Im on Atenolol, 100 mg a day..so that prevents that) but sometimes within MINUTES after I eat, my palpitations, skipped beats, etc, all hit me at once. Its awful. And, not all the time. It will usually last a couple hours, and really makes me regret eating!
I had a real bad time about a month ago....and I went a couple days, just eating the bare minimum, tiny bites, trying to avoid the horrible palpitations. Finally, I get so darn hungry, I cant do it anymore--and then I will eat, with fear, and they WONT happen. Its bizarre--theres NO WAY for me to predict when it will happen.

[deedle1976]

Hi, I also experience this. I believe it's because your heart has to work harder in order to divert blood to your stomach and digest all that food.

[Nicolina87]

Wow do i know what you are talking about! For a while I was getting a slightly elevated heart rate (about 105) after eating breakfast, even while on Toprol 12.5 mg. Then today, after eating a big filling meal, my heart rate Skyrocketed! It felt like it was beating really fast, nothing like what I was usually experiencing after breakfast. After about an hour it went away, but it was SO scary. :-( When I started to feel "normal" again, and took my pulse it was 108. This was over an hour later.

[donna80]

Hi,

Yes i have experienced a faster heart beat when i have eaten a large meal, for me it usually happens when i have eaten spag bol, or a pizza cus i have huge portions!! And when i drink alcohol, my normal beat is between 70-80 but it can shoot up to 110! Quite scary, but it doesnt happen all the time, so that does not bother me!

I do not know the answer as to why though, i guessing it could be to do with what exactly we have eaten, if we are overweight etc etc... I suppose your doc will know the answer!

[Topher7]

I'm not sure about heart rate but I was told that some arrythmias can be due to the vagus nerve which is affected by eating certain foods, etc. and are triggered in the stomach or abdomen. I often have thought my A-fib was part of this because I always seemed to burp and feel like I was having trapped air after certain activities post eating and this would lead to a sensitivity. But mine didn't happen that often.