You’re working out, feeling great – until your stomach starts to churn and you’re sidelined with a bout of nausea. Here’s what’s happening in your body and how to avoid this common effect of exercise.
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Senior Lecturer in Psychology, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Senior Lecturer and clinical academic gastroenterologist, Western Sydney University
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Lecturer in Biological Sciences, University of Stirling
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Laurel Mellin is a Friend of The Conversation.
Associate Professor of Family & Community Medicine and Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco
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Professor of Clinical, Metabolic & Molecular Physiology, University of Nottingham
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Assistant Professor in Physiology and Biochemistry, University of Nottingham
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Head and Dean of School of Psychology, University of Dundee
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Lecturer in Psychological Interventions, University of Central Lancashire
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Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry and Director of the Mood Research Laboratory, Queen's University, Ontario
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Assistant Professor / Department of Psychiatry; Assistant Research Professor / Molecular & Behavioral Neuroscience Institute, University of Michigan
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Adjunct Professor of Sociology, University of Pittsburgh
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Associate Professor of Health and Sport Science, University of Dayton
