1, post-meal health care methods
After meals, food enters the gastrointestinal tract, where blood is mainly concentrated, so the blood supply to the cardiovascular and cerebrovascular systems will be reduced accordingly, and the overall blood circulation will be affected. If you do something wrong at this time, it may be dangerous. On the contrary, if you make good use of this time to do something beneficial to your health, you can get twice the result with half the effort.
Half an hour after breakfast: eat some fruit and massage your knees.
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. In addition, eating fruit after breakfast can also promote digestion, which is conducive to nutrient absorption.
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. Rubbing the knee joint repeatedly about 20 minutes after a meal can make the stomach meridian unobstructed, and it can also drive away cold and protect joints in cold winter, which is a good health preserving method. 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.
Need to be reminded that it is not appropriate to exercise for half an hour after meals. Exercise immediately after meals 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.
Half an hour after lunch: have a cup of yogurt and take a nap.
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 not only gives yogurt a refreshing sour taste, but also 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. Psychologists at Harvard University found that 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 let your voice have a rest, especially those who talk a lot at ordinary times. You can use this time to stretch your waist, stand on tiptoe and take a deep breath, which can refresh your mind.
For the elderly, it is not appropriate to take a nap immediately after lunch, because after lunch, the blood will concentrate in the digestive system, the blood flow rate will slow down, the blood viscosity will increase, and the blood flow of important organs such as the heart and brain will decrease relatively. If you sleep at this time, it may aggravate the lack of blood supply to the heart and brain, causing discomfort such as chest tightness, dizziness and fatigue. In severe cases, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular accidents may be induced.
Half an hour after dinner: take a walk at home and beat the meridians.
In a busy day, the time after dinner is the most abundant. People also like to arrange a lot of things after meals, and there are also taboos for keeping healthy 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, 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.
Studies have found that the absorption of human small intestine begins about 30 minutes after dinner. 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 go out for a walk, 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 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.
2. What not to do after a meal
First, don't smoke in a hurry.
The persecution of smoking after meals is greater than usual 10 times. This is due to the increase of blood circulation in digestive tract after eating, which makes a large number of harmful components in smoke absorbed and infringes on liver, brain and cardiovascular system.
Second, don't rush to drink tea.
It is best not to drink tea within one hour after eating, and then drink tea after one hour when the food in the stomach is indigestion, which will not have much influence on digestive function and substance coagulation.
Third, don't rush to take a bath.
If you don't shave your head when you are full and don't take a bath when you are hungry, some people will mistakenly think that just eating enough is the best time to take a bath, but it is not. When I just had a full meal, I concentrated a lot of blood in my stomach, and the blood in other organs also decreased accordingly. If you take a bath at this time, the skin and muscle blood vessels dilate and the blood flow increases, which will reduce the blood supply to the digestive organs, thus affecting digestion and absorption, so it is not appropriate to take a bath immediately after meals.
Fourth, don't rush to bed.
As the saying goes, "lying down after a meal is not longer than half a catty." Going to bed immediately after a meal is easy to get fat. Tip: Rest for at least 20 minutes after meals, and then go to bed. Even during the day and at bedtime.
5. Don't leave in a hurry.
Walking at a hundred paces after a meal will affect the digestion and absorption of nutrients in the digestive tract due to the increase of activity. Especially in the elderly, there are heart dysfunction, vascular sclerosis and blood pressure reflex regulation dysfunction, postprandial blood pressure drop and other phenomena.
Sixth, don't drive in a hurry.
Facts have proved that drivers who drive immediately after meals are prone to accidents. This is because people need a lot of blood to digest food in the gastrointestinal tract after eating, which is easy to cause temporary ischemia of brain organs, thus leading to control errors.
Seven, don't rush to eat fruit.
"Eat a fruit after a meal" is considered as the golden rule. With the gradual improvement of people's living standards, people's awareness of health care has also been strengthened. Many people think that eating fruit after meals is the best match for modern life. Whether eating in restaurants, restaurants or at home, many people like to eat some fruit after meals, which is really a wrong way of life, because eating fruit immediately after meals will affect the digestive function.