What to eat before a morning run?

When you wake up every morning, you will see many people running in the sports field. Many people have developed the habit of morning jogging. However, we need to remind everyone that there are many differences between morning jogging and afternoon jogging. In comparison, afternoon jogging can be more casual, but you must pay attention to many things when jogging in the morning, such as not running too fast or too long. So what should you eat before running in the morning?

What to eat before a morning run?

What to eat before a morning run?

In general, it is not advisable to run in the morning on an empty stomach, because exercising on an empty stomach will cause an increase in free fatty acids in the human blood. If the free fatty acids are too high, they will appear as "poisons" that damage the myocardium, causing abnormal heart rhythms, exercise-induced hypoglycemia, and even sudden death.

However, don't eat too much before a morning run. Eating something before running is mainly to promote blood circulation and increase energy for running.

Therefore, before morning jogging, you should eat some bananas, bread and other carbohydrates and drink some light salt water. On the one hand, it ensures an adequate supply of blood sugar; on the other hand, the decomposition of sugar can promote the burning of fat; furthermore, it can also prevent dehydration during morning runs.

It is a misunderstanding that running in the morning on an empty stomach can help you lose weight

Maybe many people think that jogging in the morning on an empty stomach can effectively lose weight, because after a night of digestion and absorption, the blood sugar level is low, so the body can directly mobilize fat during exercise. In fact, this statement is wrong.

The body must first call upon carbohydrates and then break them down for energy. Blood sugar is the first to be affected. If the blood sugar level is too low, the body cannot get timely energy supply and will experience fainting, which will greatly reduce the intensity of exercise and fail to achieve the purpose of exercise.

Things not to eat before a morning run

It is not advisable to eat greasy and high-protein foods before morning jogging. On the one hand, these foods are not conducive to weight loss. On the other hand, such foods are digested very slowly, and half an hour is far from enough. If you have to wait for them to be completely digested before morning jogging, the whole morning will be over.

In addition, do not eat nuts, fruits, vegetables and other foods before morning jogging. Although they are rich in nutrients, they are also rich in fiber, so it is best not to touch these foods before running, otherwise it may cause stomach cramps or stomach pain.

Run in the morning half an hour after eating

You need to eat something in the morning before going for a morning run, but be careful not to go running immediately after eating. Because you go for a morning run immediately after eating breakfast, the blood in your body will be concentrated in your limbs, and the blood in the stomach will be almost zero. In this way, only the stomach wall and the food in the stomach will directly rub against each other, and then you will have stomach pain symptoms during the morning run. If you do this for a long time, you will get gastritis or even gastric ulcers.

Therefore, it is recommended to wait more than half an hour after eating before going for running, that is, wait until the food in the stomach is almost digested.