"meat sweats". is this really a thing??!?

bkerr30

I don't eat a lot of red meat but had beef the other night and the next day at the gym was wayyy sweatier and more red faced than usual. My husband laughed but said that its common and definitely "a thing". Thoughts?

prattiger65

Never heard of it.

dunnodunno

prattiger65 wrote: »

Never heard of it.

Never heard of it either.

Laurend224

We eat a vegan diet at home but this weekend my daughter went to a Girl Scout function where she ate hot dogs, bacon, and, sausage. She came home incredibly ill, and had rotten egg smelling burps, and spent a pretty good time with cold sweats hovered over the toilet. No one else got sick, so it wasn't food poisoning. She just couldn't digest it. Do those qualify as meat sweats? I think she will stay away from meat for a while.

martyqueen52

Never heard of it either, and all I eat is meat.

Did you eat something other than meat before working out? Were you sick, or nauseated at any time during the day? Were you wearing something heavier to retain more heat than usual?

jacksonpt

Not in the way you're talking about it.

decblessings

The only time I've heard of that is from Joey on Friends. "Uh oh... here come the meat sweats!"

randomtai

jacksonpt wrote: »

Not in the way you're talking about it.

This for me lol

AmandaHugginkiss

jacksonpt wrote: »

Not in the way you're talking about it.

These are the good kind, though.

No, OP. Never heard of that.

asdowe13

In my world - the meat sweats = the act of sweating while eating meat.

Never heard of your definition before

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MscGray

I have an ex friend who would consume MASSIVE amounts of meet in one sitting (sometimes coupled with other things)..I mean like 44 oz prime rib, etc..ewww! About 30 minutes after completing his meal he would get really sweaty and very red in the face, and it would last for about an hour or so. So based on my experience I would say, yes they exist and I believe it has something to do with how your body works/acts to break the meat down.

GeeWillickers

Not a thing. If you eat a lot of meat at once it does have a higher TEF which may be noticeable but digestion doesn't take place a day after eating unless you have digestion problems.

Laurend224 wrote: »

We eat a vegan diet at home but this weekend my daughter went to a Girl Scout function where she ate hot dogs, bacon, and, sausage. She came home incredibly ill, and had rotten egg smelling burps, and spent a pretty good time with cold sweats hovered over the toilet. No one else got sick, so it wasn't food poisoning. She just couldn't digest it. Do those qualify as meat sweats? I think she will stay away from meat for a while.

It was more likely the nitrates that caused issues not the meat itself.

WhoWasGivenToFly

yes, if I eat beef I will wake up in the middle of the night in a sweat as my body tries to digest it, only happens when I eat beef.

slittle80

Meat sweats is a real thing, but not really in the manner you experienced them. Main reason being that protein has more than twice the thermogenic effect of fat or carbohydrates because it works harder to break it down. So you'll sweat (and possibly get the tingles from the excess beta alanine) as your body breaks down and digests the food.

Laurend224

GeeWillickers wrote: »

Not a thing. If you eat a lot of meat at once it does have a higher TEF which may be noticeable but digestion doesn't take place a day after eating unless you have digestion problems.

Laurend224 wrote: »

We eat a vegan diet at home but this weekend my daughter went to a Girl Scout function where she ate hot dogs, bacon, and, sausage. She came home incredibly ill, and had rotten egg smelling burps, and spent a pretty good time with cold sweats hovered over the toilet. No one else got sick, so it wasn't food poisoning. She just couldn't digest it. Do those qualify as meat sweats? I think she will stay away from meat for a while.

It was more likely the nitrates that caused issues not the meat itself.

Possibly.

JoRocka

BF and I go to all you can eat meat brazillian steak house at least once a month- and I never go home and get red and sweaty.

well- scratch that- sometimes I do- but it's not from the meat... giggity.

Laurend224 wrote: »

We eat a vegan diet at home but this weekend my daughter went to a Girl Scout function where she ate hot dogs, bacon, and, sausage. She came home incredibly ill, and had rotten egg smelling burps, and spent a pretty good time with cold sweats hovered over the toilet. No one else got sick, so it wasn't food poisoning. She just couldn't digest it. Do those qualify as meat sweats? I think she will stay away from meat for a while.

sudden changes in your diet like that will make you sick. If she doesn't regularly eat meat- you can't just toss a bunch at her and expect the body to handle it.

nothing wrong with her- other than she's eating a vegan diet
nothing wrong with the meats she ate.

I wouldn't jump to blaming the food- it's the diet you fed her and the sudden addition of completely strange foods.

bkerr30

Thanks for all the input peeps.

bkerr30

Like I said I don't eat a lot of red meat so I was unclear about if this could happen lol

bkerr30

Laurend224 wrote: »

We eat a vegan diet at home but this weekend my daughter went to a Girl Scout function where she ate hot dogs, bacon, and, sausage. She came home incredibly ill, and had rotten egg smelling burps, and spent a pretty good time with cold sweats hovered over the toilet. No one else got sick, so it wasn't food poisoning. She just couldn't digest it. Do those qualify as meat sweats? I think she will stay away from meat for a while.

I was vegetarian for years and had the same experience the first few times I ate meat. Poor kiddo, I feel for her, its not fun!

crystalewhite

That's what we call it when we go to a Brazilian steakhouse for the parade of meat. My brother and husband get so full they start to sweat. But it's probably from being so full, and it goes away pretty quickly.

jacksonpt

crystalewhite wrote: »

That's what we call it when we go to a Brazilian steakhouse for the parade of meat. My brother and husband get so full they start to sweat. But it's probably from being so full, and it goes away pretty quickly.

That's my favorite.

WalkingAlong

http://www.foodrepublic.com/2011/07/13/what-causes-meat-sweats

candacefausset

I know if your body is not used to a certain kind of food, it can throw you off until you get used to it. My sister has digestive problems (undiagnosed at this point) and I know a few gals with gastroparesis and they all have certain trigger foods that they have to stay away from (highly acidic foods, greasy foods, most red meat, high fat foods, etc). If it just happened out of the blue with a food you aren't used to, I wouldn't worry as much. I rarely eat red meat just as a preference because I am a poultry eater but on the occasion the hubbs makes tacos, I will scarf a couple down. Of course, most people tell me I have an iron stomach so it never bothers me.

cwolfman13

Laurend224 wrote: »

We eat a vegan diet at home but this weekend my daughter went to a Girl Scout function where she ate hot dogs, bacon, and, sausage. She came home incredibly ill, and had rotten egg smelling burps, and spent a pretty good time with cold sweats hovered over the toilet. No one else got sick, so it wasn't food poisoning. She just couldn't digest it. Do those qualify as meat sweats? I think she will stay away from meat for a while.

I would say that this has more to do with a complete change in diet than the actual meat itself. As an example, most people who aren't used to eating a lot of veg who suddenly start eating a lot of veg are going to feel pretty uncomfortable for a few days...nothing inherently to do with the veg...just that the body isn't used to it.

melimomTARDIS

My best friend gets the meat sweats (which is sweating just after eating a really large hunk of steak).

PearlAng

After a meal that usually consists of some sort of bacon cheeseburger from applebees or similar restaurants, my bf will get home and complain about being hot but I think that has more to do with being super full. We call it "hitting the wall" and when I see him getting full I say "you're qucikly approaching the wall!"