Sleep after a meal to protect the gastrointestinal tract?
A recent study shows that there is little difference in energy consumption after meals whether lying, sitting or standing, and for people with poor gastrointestinal function, sleeping for a while after meals can also protect the stomach. In other words, lying in bed after meals will not make you fatter than standing or sitting, and it can also protect the gastrointestinal tract. This can be called a subversive theory, because for a long time in the past, people thought it was inappropriate to lie down immediately after a meal. Now this research can be said to be "unexpected". So, what is the reason for the big gap before and after the behavior of "lying down after eating"?
This "lie" is not another "lie"
It turns out that in this new theory, "lying down" is just "lying down". You can read books, watch TV and watch mobile phones lying down, but in people's traditional thinking, "lying down" usually means sleeping, that is, going to bed immediately after eating. People will concentrate their blood in the gastrointestinal tract to participate in its "digestion and absorption" within half an hour after eating and eating. At this time, if they exercise and work immediately, the nervous system will distract their attention from the gastrointestinal tract because they have redundant consciousness to participate in other work, which will affect the effect of digestion and absorption, and over time, it will damage the digestive function of the gastrointestinal tract. Therefore, if you do nothing at this time and just go to bed for a while, it will protect the gastrointestinal tract.
However, if people fall asleep immediately after eating, it will have the opposite effect, which is likely to lead to obesity in the long run. This is mainly because people consume less energy when they sleep than when they are awake, so they often go to bed immediately after meals, which may lead to obesity. In addition, when people sleep, the body will actively enter a "low consumption" state, and the digestion and absorption of the gastrointestinal tract will also slow down. It will take longer to digest all foods, which will obviously damage the digestive function of the gastrointestinal tract. In the long run, it may also lead to gastrointestinal diseases, such as gastrointestinal inflammation.
Lying down after a meal is not suitable for people who eat too much.
At this point, do you understand a little? Lying down after a meal is good for protecting the gastrointestinal tract and not getting fat, but it only makes you lie quietly for a while, but you can't sleep. What needs everyone's attention is that if you eat too much, don't sleep, even if you lie quietly in bed for a while. This is mainly because people who eat too much are prone to esophageal reflux after lying down, and then nausea, nausea and even vomiting occur. Why? Isn't it because I ate too much that my stomach is almost full? In fact, whether you choose to lie down or sit on the bed after a meal or stand still, you should not eat too much when eating, just eat 70% to 80% full. Eating too much will not only lead to excessive energy intake, which will lead to obesity, but also increase the burden on the gastrointestinal tract, liver and other body organs, which is not conducive to health in any way.