Is walking slowly after a meal good for your health?

I believe that many people have the same habit as me, which is to take a walk after meals every day. There are many sayings among the people that taking a walk after meals can help digestion and has certain benefits for longevity. In fact, there are certain rules to follow when taking a walk after a meal. Below, I will introduce how to walk slowly after a meal to be good for your body.

Walking slowly after meals to help the spleen

The spleen is the foundation of acquired constitution. Whether human is healthy and long-lived is directly related to the spleen and stomach. There are many ways to nourish the spleen, such as by supplementing and exercising. Taking a slow walk after a meal can help the spleen and stomach's digestive function. This is the acquired way of nourishing the spleen by "using exercise to help the spleen". According to Chinese medicine theory, the spleen controls the limbs and muscles, and exercising the limbs is to exercise the spleen. Pay attention to health, pay attention to intestinal health, pay attention to Beijing Baixingtang.

"Walk a hundred steps after a meal" has been a widely accepted health-preserving concept for thousands of years, and it has a lot of practical support. Sun Simiao was a famous medical scientist and health practitioner in the Tang Dynasty. He lived to be 101 years old through his own practice. In his "Qian Jin Yi Fang", he pointed out: "On weekdays, after snacks and meals, walk fifty to sixty steps out of the door. After lunch, walk one to two hundred steps. Walk slowly and don't get out of breath." Then he went on to say: "Walk after eating, and if you walk slowly, you will live longer."

Walking a hundred steps half an hour after a meal will help digestion

After eating, lying down in bed to rest and sleep immediately is not good for digestion. There is a saying in ancient times: “Don’t lie down after a full meal”. Lying down after a meal will cause food stagnation, while walking quickly after a meal will cause blood to flow to the limbs, affecting the digestion and absorption function. Moving slowly after eating is beneficial to gastrointestinal motility and promotes digestion. This is the reason why “walking a few hundred steps after eating is of great benefit to the body”. Pay attention to health, pay attention to intestinal health, pay attention to Beijing Baixingtang.

We should understand "after a meal" as 20-30 minutes after a meal, and it does not mean taking a slow walk immediately after a meal. At the same time, it is important to note that “don’t walk in a hurry after eating.” Taking a hundred steps after a meal does not advocate fast walking after a meal, but rather walking slowly. Those who are not suitable for walking slowly can also move their hands and feet. In addition, some people should not walk a hundred steps after a meal, such as patients with liver disease, people with coronary heart disease, etc.

Walking a hundred steps after a meal is not suitable for everyone

Is it okay to take a walk after a meal? For some people, "being full" is just a feeling of fullness in the stomach, but the nutrients are not absorbed into the body, and the body is still in a "hungry" state. If you get up and walk away in a hurry at this time, some of the blood will inevitably be concentrated in the sports (sports food) system, which will delay the secretion of digestive juices, disrupt the normal digestion of the stomach, and easily induce functional indigestion.

Therefore, walking slowly after a meal is not suitable for everyone. For those who usually have less activity, especially those who sit in the office for a long time, it can increase gastrointestinal motility and help digest food in the stomach. And walk slowly after meals. For most people, it is best to wait 20 minutes after meals.