1. Is it scientific to take a walk after dinner?
In life, I often hear the old man say, "You can live ninety-nine if you walk a hundred steps after a meal." . So many old people often go out for a walk after meals in order not to get sick. Is this credible? In fact, from a health point of view, not everyone is suitable for walking after meals, such as patients with gastroptosis or patients with coronary heart disease. It is extremely unscientific for such people to follow the practice of taking a walk after dinner.
If you take a walk immediately after a meal, the blood needs to be transported to other parts of the body, and the blood supply to the gastrointestinal tract will be reduced accordingly, and the food will not be fully digested. Besides, the digestive juice in the stomach is produced by the conditioned reflex of eating. When the stomach is full, gastric juice can also be secreted vigorously. For example, taking a walk after a meal, the stomach will move quickly during the activity, and the insufficiently digested food will be pushed into the small intestine prematurely, so that the nutrition of the food can not be fully digested and absorbed.
Some people are "full", but they feel full, but the nutrition is 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 motor system, which will delay the secretion of digestive juice, destroy the normal digestion of the stomach and easily induce functional dyspepsia.
Some people can't walk after meals, such as patients with gastroptosis. 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 the gastrointestinal activity increases after meals, the blood flow in the gastrointestinal department increases, and the blood flow in the brain decreases accordingly, thus aggravating the condition.
In addition, walking after meals is not good for patients with coronary heart disease, hypertension, cerebral arteriosclerosis, diabetes, chronic esophageal diseases and gastric surgery. It may lead to angina pectoris, aggravated dizziness, abdominal fullness and discomfort, postural hypotension, premature beats, tachycardia and paroxysmal atrial fibrillation.
In addition, if in winter, the temperature is low, the temperature difference between indoor and outdoor dining environment is large, and you are flushed and sweaty when eating, if you leave the restaurant in a hurry and walk under the stimulation of cold wind, the capillaries in sweat glands and subcutaneous tissues 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.
Through the above introduction, everyone knows who is not suitable for walking. Because if you take a walk immediately after a meal, the blood in the digestive system is relatively reduced, which is not conducive to the digestion and absorption of food. For patients with chronic esophageal diseases, hypertensive heart disease and gastroptosis, the condition may be aggravated, so it is unscientific for such people to take a walk after meals. "Walk a hundred steps after a meal and you can live ninety-nine." According to your health, it is better to exercise at least for a while after meals.
2. How to take a walk after dinner?
1, walk slowly and nourish the spleen and stomach. Don't walk too fast after a meal, because the blood is concentrated in the stomach for digestion after a meal. At this time, if you walk in a hurry, it will hurt your spleen and stomach, while walking slowly is beneficial to the maintenance of your spleen. Chinese medicine believes that the spleen governs the limbs, so leg exercise is most beneficial to the health of the spleen.
It is best to walk for half an hour after dinner. Don't go for a walk immediately after a meal, it will affect the digestion and absorption function of the gastrointestinal tract. Walking in a hurry after a meal will consume a lot of energy, and the blood is more distributed in the active parts such as the trunk and limbs. Gastrointestinal blood for digestion will be insufficient, resulting in decreased secretion of digestive enzymes. Not only is it bad for our health, but it is also easy to damage our gastrointestinal tract. Generally speaking, half an hour after a meal is the best choice for a walk.
Not everyone is suitable for taking a walk after dinner. For some people with serious diseases, it is best to stay in bed after meals, which can relieve symptoms and can't force them to take a walk. Walking at a hundred paces after a meal is a kind of fitness exercise for healthy people. Once you get sick, it is not suitable to walk with a hundred paces, especially for people who are weak or have serious hepatobiliary diseases.
Facts have proved that the old saying is not unreasonable, because some people are getting better and better because of this habit of walking after meals, but this maintenance method is not suitable for everyone, especially patients with gastroptosis and cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, and it is not suitable for winter!