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00:00Do you really have to wait to dive in the pool after eating?
00:04Not going to swim at 2 p.m. in the middle of summer makes sense, it's the hottest hour of the day,
00:10so that's when you could be most likely to be dehydrated.
00:13However, this thermal shock can cause a vague discomfort in the swimmer who can drown.
00:18But the popular belief that digestion can have consequences that could lead to drowning is false.
00:24It was once thought that after eating, the blood flowing to the intestine
00:29could prevent properly irrigating the arms and legs and therefore cause cramps.
00:34Another falsely logical idea, according to which the internal heat of the body linked to digestion
00:39could increase the risk of hydrocution, would also never have been proven by science.
00:44It was also thought that this digestion could tire the swimmer, but it is actually the opposite.
00:49The latter needs calories for this physical activity.