Some people like to eat some fruit after meals, while others like to take a walk after meals. In fact, it is extremely harmful to their health. So how to keep healthy after meals? What are the taboos for keeping healthy after meals? Here are some precautions for post-meal health care:
Three taboos for post-meal health care
1, eat fruit immediately after meals.
Danger: After a long time, it will cause abdominal distension, diarrhea or constipation.
Cause: After food enters the stomach, it needs to be digested 1 ~ 2 hours. If you eat fruit immediately after a meal, it will be blocked by the food you have eaten before, which will lead to the fruit not being digested normally and easy to form flatulence. Because fruit contains a lot of monosaccharides, it is easily absorbed by small intestine. If blocked in the stomach, it will cause flatulence and constipation.
Tip: Fruit is best eaten between meals. Eating fruit after meals not only increases the burden on the gastrointestinal tract, but also has little problem for normal people. It should be noted that in addition to vitamins and other nutrients, fruits also contain more dietary fiber, which affects the digestion and absorption of some nutrients, such as trace elements. Therefore, it is best to eat fruit between meals. For people with elevated blood sugar, it is especially not recommended to eat fruit immediately after meals.
2. Drink plenty of water immediately after meals.
Hazard: It is easy to cause gastrointestinal diseases.
Reason: After drinking water immediately, the internal pressure in the stomach will increase, so that the food in the stomach will enter the small intestine before digestion. In addition, diluting gastric juice after drinking water weakens the digestive ability of gastric juice and is not conducive to gastric acid sterilization.
Tip: Have soup and water when eating. This helps to dissolve nutrients in food and is beneficial to the digestion and absorption of small intestine. In addition, drink water on an empty stomach about an hour before meals, because the digestion of food is completed by the digestive juice of digestive organs. Drinking water one hour before meals can ensure the secretion of enough digestive juice, which is helpful for digestion and absorption without affecting the physiological water content in tissues and cells.
It is best to drink water on an empty stomach before breakfast. Because I slept all night, my body lost more water and my blood was concentrated. Drinking a glass of water after getting up can replenish water, reduce blood viscosity and restore blood vessel expansion. Warm water should be used for drinking on an empty stomach, and light drinks such as fruit juice, light tea and vegetable juice can also be used. Milk, soybean milk, eggs, etc. It should not be eaten on an empty stomach, but should be eaten at or after meals.
3. Drink strong tea after meals
Hazard: China people love tea, so drinking tea with them seems to be a full service. But it is very bad to drink strong tea before and after meals. This can lead to long-term indigestion and iron deficiency anemia.
Reason: Drinking tea after meals will dilute gastric juice, affect the digestion of food, and affect the digestion and absorption of nutrients. If tea contains theophylline, theophylline can interfere with the absorption of protein and trace elements, especially when trace elements such as calcium, zinc and iron coexist with theophylline, the absorption rate will decrease obviously. Tea contains a lot of tannic acid. Drinking tea after meals will combine undigested protein with tannic acid in the stomach, forming indigestible precipitate, which will affect the absorption of protein. In addition, tea will hinder the absorption of iron, and long-term drinking may even lead to iron deficiency anemia.
Doing this after meals helps to live longer.
Eat some fruit and massage your knees half an hour after breakfast.
Whether it is an instant breakfast such as bread and milk, or a traditional breakfast with porridge, fried dough sticks and soybean milk, there is a problem of single nutrition. Eating some fruit after breakfast is a good supplement to breakfast. The best choice is kiwi fruit and strawberry, because these two fruits are very rich in vitamins. Taking rich vitamins in the morning can refresh the mind and ensure the work efficiency in the morning.
After breakfast, you can massage your knees or pat the outside of your calves. Theoretically speaking, at 7-9 am, the stomach meridian is called "Changshou meridian" in the meridians of traditional Chinese medicine and passes through the knee joint. About 20 minutes after a meal, rubbing your knees repeatedly with your hands can make your stomach smooth. In addition, you can pat the outside of the calf for 5 minutes. There is Zusanli, the most important acupoint in the human body. Playing after meals helps to prolong life.
It should be reminded that many people are used to exercising in the morning, but exercising immediately after eating is easy to cause indigestion. If the intensity of exercise is high, it will also cause abdominal pain or gastrointestinal diseases, which is also very dangerous for patients with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Therefore, do exercise at least half an hour after breakfast.
Have a cup of yogurt and take a nap half an hour after lunch.
For those office workers who have to sit in front of the computer after lunch, it is necessary to have a cup of yogurt after lunch. Yogurt contains a lot of organic acids such as lactic acid and acetic acid, which helps to form delicate curd, thus inhibiting the reproduction of harmful microorganisms. At the same time, it can reduce the alkalinity of intestine, increase the acidity of intestine, and promote gastrointestinal peristalsis and secretion of digestive juice. Moreover, the study found that tyrosine in yogurt also helps to relieve psychological stress, high tension and anxiety.
Half an hour after lunch is the key moment to adjust the physical and mental state, and office workers can take a nap during this time. Taking a nap at noon can relieve stress and improve memory, even if it is only ten minutes, the effect is immediate.
If you can't sleep, you'd better rest your voice, especially those who talk a lot. You can use this time to stretch your waist, stand on tiptoe and take a deep breath, which can refresh your mind.
Do housework and play meridians for half an hour after dinner.
In a busy day, the time after dinner is the most abundant, and people also like to arrange a lot of things after dinner. However, there are several taboos for keeping in good health after meals.
First, don't rush to drink tea. Chinese people have the habit of drinking tea after meals, but a large number of acidic substances in tea can combine with iron and zinc in food, leading to the loss of iron in food. You'd better drink it in half an hour.
Second, don't rush to take a bath and soak your feet. Doing so will increase body surface blood flow and decrease gastrointestinal blood flow, thus weakening the digestive function of the stomach. It is recommended to rest 1~2 hours first.
Third, don't rush to exercise. Many old people are used to going to the community or square to participate in some activities immediately after meals, such as square dancing and boxing. In order to avoid discomfort, it is best to go half an hour after meals.
So, what should I do during this time? For people who want to lose weight, this half hour is very important. About 30 minutes after dinner, the human small intestine began to absorb. Consciously exercising during this period can effectively lose weight. Therefore, it is advisable to use this time to clean the room, tidy up the desk or wardrobe, or massage each other among family members, which can all play a role in consuming calories.
In addition, drinking some water half an hour after a meal can strengthen the body's digestive function and help fat metabolism. You can also use this time to beat the meridians, mainly for Ren meridian, that is, the middle part above the lower abdomen. There are many important acupoints here. After eating, gently pat it for 20 minutes from top to bottom, which can help digestion and keep fit.