Title

When Working Out Makes You Sick to Your Stomach: What to Know about Exercise-Induced Nausea

Author(s)

Anne R. Crecelius, University of DaytonFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

12-29-2020

Publication Source

The Conversation

Abstract

You’re doing it! You’re working out, reaping all those benefits of exercise that have been drilled into your head.

So you’re pedaling your heart out or running like you’re escaping a zombie horde. You’re feeling accomplished, on cloud nine, until … your stomach starts to churn. You may even feel dizzy. Your feelings of accomplishment have turned to agony as you deal with a bout of nausea.

Exercise-induced nausea is quite common, as are exercise-induced gastrointestinal (GI) problems in general, affecting perhaps up to 90% of endurance athletes.

So why does this happen and, more important, how can you prevent it?

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This article is republished under a Creative Commons license. It was originally published on The Conversation, Dec. 29, 2020.

Copyright

Copyright © 2020, Anne R. Crecelius

eCommons Citation

Crecelius, Anne R., "When Working Out Makes You Sick to Your Stomach: What to Know about Exercise-Induced Nausea" (2020). Health and Sport Science Faculty Publications. 107.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/hss_fac_pub/107