# waiting 30 minutes after eating to swim?

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**Created:** [August 2, 2006, 1:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/waiting-30-minutes-after-eating-to-swim/15394 "2006-08-02T13:01:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![badazzss](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@badazzss](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/badazzss)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2006, 2:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/waiting-30-minutes-after-eating-to-swim/15394/18 "2006-08-02T14:00:41Z")

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interesting writeup by howstuff works, but i still call bsflag. i still think it’s an old wives tale… lol the real reason parents say not to, is b/c they are too lazy to go outside and make sure u don’t drown. u prolly have nearly the same chance of drowning whether u eat or not.

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