The dangers of lying down after eating

Nowadays, more and more people lack exercise. They often lie on the bed directly after dinner to play with their mobile phones or watch TV series. Speaking of the harm of lying down after a meal, no one will take it seriously. Most people will say that not exercising after a meal will only make you fat. But in fact, this is only a superficial phenomenon. The harm is more than just making you fat. And what are the reasons for making you fat? No one has studied it in depth. The following are listed for your understanding.

1. Sleeping right after a meal can easily lead to stroke: After a person has eaten a full meal, especially when the amount of a meal suddenly increases, they are more likely to feel sleepy and fall asleep immediately, which will cause the food in the stomach and intestines to stay too long, affecting the normal digestive function. In addition, after people finish eating, a large amount of food is in the stomach. In order to better digest and absorb it, the human body will increase the blood flow to the stomach and intestines. However, the amount of blood in the body is relatively fixed, so the blood volume in the brain will decrease and blood pressure will drop accordingly. If you sleep at this time, it is easy to form blood clots, stroke, etc. due to insufficient blood supply to the brain. Therefore, you should move around after eating before going to bed to avoid stroke and other accidents.

2. The stomach and intestines are busiest 1-2 hours after a meal: After food enters the gastrointestinal tract, it reaches its absorption peak within 1-2 hours after eating, and it takes 4-5 hours to be completely emptied. Right after people have eaten, their gastrointestinal function needs to be strong. However, when the human body is asleep, most of the body's tissues and organs begin to enter a "resting" state with slow metabolism, while the gastrointestinal tract is forced to work "intensively", causing an imbalance in some parts of the body. If things go on like this for a long time, it can easily cause digestive disorders and poor nutrient absorption in the human body. For some people, it can also cause nutrient accumulation and lead to weight gain.

3. If you lie down immediately, the blood circulation rate will be reduced, and blood circulation in some parts will be blocked, which is not conducive to the delivery of nutrients. It is recommended to take a walk after eating to enhance blood circulation and speed up the digestion and absorption of food in the body.

4. Easy to induce cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases: Excessive accumulation of fat in the body may cause hyperlipidemia, hypertension and other diseases. In addition, we know that after eating, we need a lot of blood to transport nutrients in the food. The blood from various parts of the body is concentrated in the digestive system. This is why we often feel sleepy. At this time, if we choose to lie down and sleep, it is likely to lead to insufficient blood supply to the brain. Insufficient blood supply to the brain can easily induce cerebral thrombosis, cerebral stroke, etc.

5. Lying down right after a meal can easily lead to abdominal distension, esophageal reflux, esophagitis and other diseases. After lying down, due to the accumulation of a large amount of food in the stomach, the stomach pressure is high, and the pyloric sphincter relaxes, which can easily lead to food rising up and gastric acid rising up along the esophagus, causing esophageal damage.