The dangers of strenuous exercise after eating

We must not do any strenuous exercise after a meal, otherwise it may cause great harm to ourselves. Many people do not have a high level of awareness of this and will only pay attention to it when a disease occurs. We must do relevant preventive work to ensure that this situation does not occur, so as to avoid causing unnecessary harm to ourselves. Let us understand the dangers of strenuous exercise after a meal.

In daily life, we often see some students running out as soon as they put down their bowls to participate in some games or intense activities with a lot of activity. In fact, this is very harmful to health. Because after a meal, a large amount of blood in the human body flows to the digestive system, especially the gastrointestinal organs, to ensure the supply of oxygen and nutrients required for digestion. But if you do intense exercise at this time, a large amount of blood will flow to the motor organs, especially the limbs, to ensure the needs of muscle work, which will cause insufficient blood supply to the digestive system, and the gastrointestinal tract will not get enough blood, and gastrointestinal motility will slow down and weaken. In addition, when the human body is exercising, the excitability of the sympathetic nerves increases and the excitability of the vagus nerves decreases, which inhibits the secretion of digestive juices, which affects the digestion and absorption process. If you often do intense exercise after a meal, it will cause severe gastrointestinal digestive diseases such as stomachache, indigestion, ulcers, and respiratory and cardiovascular diseases, which will cause greater harm to your health.

It can be seen that it is appropriate to do some light physical activities after a meal. So, how long after a meal is it appropriate to do exercise? Generally speaking, it is more reasonable to do activities half an hour to an hour after a meal, while intense competitive activities are best arranged half an hour after a meal.

Knowing more about the dangers of strenuous exercise after meals is very important for our own recovery of health. It can more effectively improve our awareness of the harms brought to us by strenuous exercise. At the same time, you must not eat too much. It is enough to eat until you are 70% to 80% full. I hope everyone can pay great attention to these contents.