How long after a meal can I exercise

Fitness can not only shape the body, but regular fitness is also very good for our health. When exercising, there are many details that need to be paid attention to, especially in the choice of time. You definitely need to eat before working out. You won’t be able to keep up with your physical fitness if you work out on an empty stomach. At the same time, you should not exercise immediately after eating. So, how long after a meal can you exercise? Let’s take a closer look below.

1. Do not exercise immediately after a meal.

Because the main task of the human body after a meal is to digest food, a large part of the body's oxygen will be supplied to the gastrointestinal tract. If you exercise immediately after a meal, some muscles in the body will inevitably need to draw oxygen from the body, and the digestion of the gastrointestinal tract will be affected. In addition, since you have just eaten, a full stomach will affect your breathing to a certain extent.

Therefore, when you exercise after a meal, the gastrointestinal tract and muscles in various parts of the body will not get enough oxygen supply. Insufficient oxygen supply will cause a series of reactions in the body, such as dizziness, vomiting, pale face, etc. Therefore, it is forbidden to exercise immediately after a meal. It is best to rest for an hour after a meal before starting exercise.

2. Do not drink alcohol before or after fitness. Why?

First, drinking alcohol before fitness. After drinking, the brain will first become very excited, but will slowly become drowsy. Everyone who has drunk alcohol knows this. Doing exercise when you are drowsy, your brain is depressed, and your mental state is not good, and forcibly stimulating the cerebral cortex can cause serious damage to the brain.

The second is drinking after fitness. Fitness generally requires high-intensity physical exercise, which generally causes the muscles to produce a large amount of lactic acid. Alcohol will affect the body's decomposition of lactic acid to a certain extent, thereby causing body aches. So, you can’t drink alcohol after exercising.

3. It is forbidden to exercise when you have a cold.

This is one of the most common taboos. After catching a cold, many people like to exercise to make their bodies sweat, and then the cold symptoms seem to be relieved a little. This is generally believed by many people.

However, this situation is only effective for young people with good health in the early stages of a cold. Most of them are just an illusion that the cold will heal quickly, which may cause people to lose the best time for treatment and make the cold more serious. Therefore, it is best to see a doctor as soon as possible if you have a cold, rather than treating it yourself through physical exercise.