Is it okay to run before meals?

Running has always been a hot topic among people. As people pay more attention to their own health, they pay more and more attention to the benefits of exercise. Running is an easy-to-learn sport that is not prone to injury and can effectively exercise the body. As time goes by, people gradually raise such questions: When is the best time to run? Is it good to run before meals?

Running before meals

As for jogging, besides getting up early in the morning, it actually has good effects before meals.

After the previous meal is finished, after a period of time, the food is almost digested, and fat will be used as energy when fasting. If you run at this time, it will become easier to burn fat.

At the same time, after exercise, the body and mind calm down and the metabolism returns to normal. Even if you eat something at this time, fat is not easy to accumulate, so it is more appropriate to run before meals.

Running after meals

Many people have the habit of running at night, because they have time to exercise after work and dinner, but in fact, running after a meal is not very suitable.

Because you have just eaten and your stomach is digesting the food you have eaten, if you go running at this time, it will hinder the stomach function and may even cause gastrointestinal discomfort.

From the perspective of fat burning, running after a meal is also not very effective, because the food just eaten will be consumed as energy first, and then the fat, so it may take longer for your fat to burn! Running after a meal or eating immediately after running will cause a decrease in gastric acid secretion, affecting the digestion of food, and will cause stomach problems over time. It is generally better to exercise 1 hour after a meal. Running before going to bed is not a good exercise. Exercising before going to bed will put the cerebral cortex in a highly excited state, resulting in adverse reactions such as dreaming or difficulty falling asleep. It is not advisable to do high-intensity exercise on an empty stomach in the morning. If you are running for a long distance, you can first drink a small cup of sugar water or eat a little snack.

After reading the above description, whether running before meals is good is no longer a topic of doubt. Most of my friends like running, but the habits and methods of running are different, which leads to many questions. I hope today’s article can help some friends who have such questions.