When the elderly take a walk after meals, they should pay attention to the time and master the methods. Only by doing these two things can walking after meals really play a role in health preservation.
The time for the elderly to take a walk after a meal pays attention to the fact that people's gastrointestinal tract is in a working state of digesting food after a meal. A large amount of human blood will be concentrated in these organs of the gastrointestinal tract to meet the requirements of human digestion and absorption of nutrients. Due to various physiological functions of the elderly, the digestive ability of gastrointestinal tract is relatively weak. If they take a walk immediately after a meal, blood will flow to the limbs due to exercise, resulting in gastrointestinal ischemia, leading to a serious lack of digestion. Old people will feel that undigested food will accumulate in the gastrointestinal tract, which will lead to digestive diseases such as gastric ulcer and gastritis for a long time.
Therefore, the elderly should not take a walk immediately after meals, and should rest for 40 minutes to 1 hour after meals. At this time, most of the food is digested and absorbed, and proper activities will not affect the digestive ability.
Old people should take a walk after meals step by step. Many elderly people are obese. It is said that fast walking can eliminate fat, and they like to take high-frequency steps for activities after meals, which is not conducive to the health of the elderly and may also lead to sudden illness of the elderly.
After dinner, despite a period of rest, there is still a lot of blood to the stomach and brain, and relatively little blood to the brain. If you walk fast, blood will rush to the limbs and cause cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Most elderly people suffer from cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Sudden cardiac and cerebral ischemia when walking can easily lead to high blood pressure and tachycardia in the elderly, which can seriously lead to myocardial infarction, cerebral thrombosis and other diseases.
Therefore, the elderly must pay attention to the method of walking after meals. At first, they should walk slowly and pay attention to the coordination of breathing. After half an hour, when they get used to it, they can speed up some frequency. When the body sweats slightly, they should slow down and try to avoid sweating.