We’ve all heard the old wives’ tale that you must sit out of the pool thirty minutes or even an hour after eating or else you will get cramps and drown. Because of the dire consequence, many of us have heeded this wives’ tale and waited until it was safe to go in the water again. However, when you really think about it, does the wives’ tale make sense? I mean if you were to eat a Popsicle do you really need to sit out as long as someone who ate a steak, even though the Popsicle is a much lighter “meal” than the steak? And does lounging on a pool float really count as swimming?

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