1, after dinner?
"Walk a hundred paces after a meal and live to ninety-nine" is a health-preserving proverb that has been circulated for thousands of years. But what needs to be reminded here is that "taking a hundred steps after a meal" does not mean leaving immediately after a meal. Chinese medicine experts pointed out that there are many stresses on how to walk and how long to walk after meals. If the method is wrong, it will not only fail to achieve the proper purpose of fitness and health preservation, but will bring some adverse effects to the body. Let's see how people should walk correctly after eating.
Chinese medicine experts say that you should walk slowly after meals, "to help the spleen."
Experts pointed out that the spleen is the foundation of the day after tomorrow, and whether the human body is healthy and longevity is directly related to the spleen and stomach. The methods of strengthening the spleen include tonifying deficiency and activating qi, walking slowly after meals, and helping the digestive function of the spleen and stomach. This is the way to transport the spleen, because Chinese medicine theory holds that the spleen governs the limbs, the spleen governs the muscles, and transporting the limbs means transporting the spleen.
"Walking in a hundred steps after meals" is a widely accepted health care concept for thousands of years, and it also has a lot of practical support. Sun Simiao was a famous doctor and health care doctor in Tang Dynasty. He lived to be 10 1 years old by his own practice. He pointed out in "Wings of a Thousand Daughters": "On weekdays, I ate dim sum rice, walked fifty or sixty steps outside, ate Chinese food, and took one or two hundred steps. Take your time and don't be short of breath." Then he said, "Eat and leave, and you will live forever. "
There is also an introduction in "Taking Pillow China": "Eating only a hundred steps is beneficial to people." Cao Tingdong, a famous health care practitioner in Qing Dynasty, also attached great importance to the method of "transporting spleen". He said in "Lao Lao Heng Yan": "After eating, you must slow down a hundred steps. If qi is lost to the spleen, it will grind the stomach and rot easily, so move your feet. Lang Huan said that old people in ancient times must take a walk after meals and try to shake their bodies to help digestion. "
It's not good for digestion to lie in bed and sleep immediately after dinner.
In ancient times, there was a saying "don't lie down after a meal". Lying flat after a meal will make the diet stagnate, and rushing after a meal will make the blood flow to the limbs and affect the digestion and absorption function. Moreover, moving slowly after meals is beneficial to gastrointestinal peristalsis and promotes digestion. This is the truth that "abstaining from food is beneficial to people".
However, experts also pointed out that our understanding of this "after a meal" should be 20-30 minutes after a meal, rather than walking slowly immediately after a meal. At the same time, it should be noted that "you can't worry when you are full." Walking at a hundred paces after a meal does not advocate running after a meal, but walking slowly. People who are not suitable for walking slowly can also shake their hands. Also, some people should not take a hundred steps after meals, such as patients with liver disease and patients with coronary heart disease.
Western medicine experts point out that walking after a meal is not suitable for everyone.
According to the recent research by brain physiologists, some people are "full" only because their stomachs feel full, but the nutrients are not absorbed into their bodies, and their bodies are still "hungry". Get up and leave in a hurry at this time, and some blood will be concentrated in the exercise (sports food) system, which will delay the secretion of digestive juice, destroy the normal digestion of the stomach and easily induce functional dyspepsia.
Therefore, "walking at a hundred paces after a meal" is not suitable for everyone. It is only suitable for those who usually have less activities, especially those who work at their desks for a long time. At the same time, it is also suitable for those who are fat or have more gastric acid secretion. If these people can walk for 20 minutes after meals, it will help promote our gastrointestinal peristalsis, the secretion of gastrointestinal digestive juice and the digestion and absorption of food. But be careful not to start walking 100 before 20 minutes after meals.
The energy (energy food) consumed by walking in a hurry after meals actually overdraws the physical strength before meals, and the blood in the human body will be more distributed in the active parts such as the trunk and limbs, so that the blood supply in the gastrointestinal tract will be reduced accordingly, and the secretion of digestive enzymes will also be reduced. At this time, if you do some activities with high sensitivity and accuracy, such as driving, it will easily lead to adverse consequences. According to the investigation of experts from American Health Care (Health Food) Association, many car accidents are related to drivers driving immediately after meals-sitting in the cab after meals, blood is concentrated in the stomach, brain is seriously deprived of oxygen, attention is difficult to concentrate, reaction speed is slow, and flexibility is reduced.
Some people are suitable for "walking" after meals, which refers to people in poor health, especially those with gastroptosis and other diseases. These people should not take a walk after meals, and even general walks should be reduced. You can choose to lie flat after meals 10 minutes. Because the food in the stomach is full after a meal, upright activities will increase the vibration of the stomach, increase the burden on the stomach, and cause or aggravate gastroptosis. Patients with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases are most afraid of exercise after meals. Because gastrointestinal activity increases after meals, gastrointestinal blood flow increases and cerebral blood flow decreases accordingly.
In addition, the temperature in winter is low, and the temperature difference between indoor and outdoor dining environment is large. When you eat, you will be flushed and sweaty. If you leave the restaurant in a hurry and walk under the stimulation of cold wind, the capillaries in sweat glands and subcutaneous tissue will suddenly contract, which will easily lead to wind-cold headache and increase the blood supply burden of the heart. Therefore, it is more appropriate to sit still after meals, close your eyes and exercise for 30 minutes.
Both Chinese medicine experts and western medicine experts advocate taking a hundred steps after meals, not taking a walk immediately after meals, but taking a rest for about 20-30 minutes before going out for a walk, and the pace should not be too fast or too hasty, but slow.
Conclusion: The above content is a detailed introduction of some matters needing attention about "taking a hundred steps after meals". After reading it, you should know that walking after dinner is really good for your health, right? What I need to remind my friends here is that "walking at a hundred paces after a meal" is not suitable for everyone!
2. What should I not do immediately after a meal?
(1) Smoke immediately after eating.
Most people in life have this habit. Some people say that a cigarette after a meal is a living immortal. Actually, this statement is wrong. Smoking after meals will greatly increase the absorption of smoke by lung tissue and some harmful substances in cigarettes, which will not only directly stimulate the respiratory tract and lungs, but also bring greater harm to other tissues and organs than usual smoking.
(2) Drink tea immediately after meals
The habit of drinking a cup of hot tea after a meal is not good either. Because drinking tea immediately after a meal will not only dilute gastric juice, theophylline will also inhibit the secretion of gastric acid and affect the normal digestion of food.
(3) Drink cold drinks after meals
After eating, our blood is generally concentrated in the digestive organs, and gastrointestinal activities are more active. Drinking cold food at this time will not only dilute gastric acid, but also shrink the mucosal blood vessels in the stomach wall, inhibit the secretion of digestive glands, and make food difficult to digest. It is easy to produce indigestion symptoms such as loss of appetite, fullness and discomfort.
(4) Eat fruit immediately after meals.
It takes 1~2 hours to digest the staple food after it enters our stomach. If you eat fruit immediately after a meal, you will be blocked by the original food. Fruit usually contains sugar. If they stay in the stomach for too long, they will flatulence and produce toxins from it, which will cause abdominal distension, abdominal pain, stomach acid, constipation and other adverse symptoms.
(5) It is not advisable to take a bath after meals.
If you take a bath immediately after a meal, the pores and blood vessels of the whole body will expand, leading to blood gathering on our body surface, reducing gastrointestinal blood flow and digestive juice secretion, thus affecting the digestion and absorption function. If you often take a bath after meals, it will become indigestion over time and hinder the normal physiological functions of related tissues and organs. It will also lead to insufficient blood supply to the heart and induce symptoms such as cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.
(6) defecate immediately after meals
If the food in the body is not fully digested, the stool will be relieved. Because of holding your breath, the pressure in the abdomen will suddenly increase, and gastric acid and digestive enzymes may reflux to the esophagus, which may form reflux esophageal ulcer over time. Stool immediately after meals can also promote pyloric smooth muscle dysfunction and bile reflux, leading to congestion, edema and even inflammation of gastric mucosa.
(7) It is not advisable to pull the waistband after a meal.
When you feel bloated after eating, you will think of going to Matsushita to reduce the swelling, but in fact, this is wrong, and it will affect your stomach more. If you loosen your belt immediately after a meal, the pressure in the abdominal cavity will suddenly loosen, and the supporting function of the digestive tract will weaken, which will increase the load of digestive organs and ligaments, promote gastrointestinal peristalsis disorder, affect your own digestive function, and easily cause symptoms such as abdominal distension and abdominal pain. If this continues, it will also lead to gastrointestinal diseases such as gastroptosis and abdominal discomfort.