Can lying down after a meal really make you fat? Actually, it won't In fact, whether sitting, lying or standing, the calories consumed are almost the same! Lying down won't produce more meat than sitting. Unexpectedly, people with bad stomachs had better lie down and have a proper rest after meals. Why is this? We always feel sleepy for a while after dinner. That's because half an hour after a meal is the peak of digestion. After meals, due to the increase of blood sugar level, a large amount of insulin secretion is stimulated, and the content of sleep-related orexin is reduced, which makes people sleepy and listless. If you go for a walk or work immediately after a meal, your "attention" is forced to focus on your brain or muscles, and you have no time to manage your stomach. If the blood supply to the stomach and intestines is insufficient, the digestive function will of course decrease slightly, and the time for digesting food will also become longer. But if you lie comfortably and empty yourself, you can let your stomach concentrate on digesting food.

But why is there a saying that you can't lie down after a meal? Mainly because some people eat too much. If you eat too much, the pressure on your stomach will increase. Lying flat at this time may cause gastroesophageal reflux and even vomiting. Another situation is lying down to sleep, and when sleeping, because the body will automatically adjust to the low-power mode, the peristalsis ability of the stomach will be reduced, and digestion will take more time, which is naturally bad for the body. In a word, just lie down for a while after dinner, and you won't feel upset with your stomach. Don't worry too much about gaining weight, just don't lie down and fall asleep.

The brain senses the information of satiety within a certain period of time. If you chew slowly, the information of satiety can be transmitted to the brain in time, and then the brain feeds back the information, and people will feel full. But if the brain can't feed back information in time because of eating too fast, people will eat too much, which can only be perceived by the mechanical sense of the stomach. When the stomach feels full, it is involuntary overeating. In addition to affecting gastrointestinal health, it is also easy to gain weight. Chewing the same food slowly can make you feel full, but if you swallow it, you won't feel full, so you eat too much, and soon the hunger will come again.

Usually, people like to sit at home and in the office for a long time. Staying still for a long time will block the blood circulation of lower limbs, harden joints, accelerate the aging of legs, lead to leg rest and obesity of hips and abdomen. We should strive for time to exercise at ordinary times. When sitting, you can stand on tiptoe, sit 1 hour, get up and stretch, or pour water, go to the toilet and walk more, which can reduce the chance of getting fat.