How long after dinner can I exercise

Everyone knows that now we have to learn how to maintain our health, so that our physical fitness can become better and better. The best way to maintain health is definitely exercise. People must stick to this method for a long time, so that some changes can be seen. And try not to do strenuous exercise after a meal. You can do some light exercise. Doing so can, to a certain extent, relax the meridians and promote blood circulation, and improve digestive function.

During this half hour, rest should be the main focus and children should not be allowed to do any exercise. Many people advocate taking a walk immediately after a meal, saying that this promotes digestion and weight loss. This statement is not scientific, because for people with good physical fitness, light exercise and a short walk after a meal are good for the body, but children's physical fitness is relatively poor, so they should pay attention to rest after a meal before exercising.

2. 1 to 1.5 hours after a meal

During this period of time, the peak of food digestion has basically passed, and general exercises such as brisk walking and jogging can be slowly carried out, but remember that strenuous exercise is not allowed. Especially for children, they eat a lot of high-protein and fat foods that are difficult to digest, and strenuous exercise is not conducive to digestion.

3. 2 hours after meal

At this time, children can basically engage in various sports, because digestion has come to an end and the body has entered a stage of stable balance. This is also the time when they are most energetic. You can do high-intensity running or playing ball.

The dangers of exercising right after a meal

Although exercise can strengthen the body, exercising immediately after a meal is very harmful to the body, which is mainly reflected in the following aspects.

1. Disordered blood flow distribution. After a meal is the peak period of digestion and gastrointestinal motility, when a large amount of blood is involved. However, if you exercise, the muscle movements of the whole body also require a large amount of blood, which can easily deprive the digestive organs of blood and cause blood distribution disorder, which not only affects the exercise effect but also harms your health.

2. Stimulate the stomach and intestines. Exercising after a meal can easily irritate the stomach and intestines. At this time, the stomach is full of food. If you exercise, the mesentery connecting the stomach and intestines will be stretched, causing abdominal pain.

3. Cause gastrointestinal diseases. Exercising immediately after a meal can also increase the chances of developing other gastrointestinal diseases such as appendicitis. The pain during appendicitis is more obvious and will gradually worsen. If this pain occurs, you should seek medical attention immediately.

4. Abdominal pain. The most direct impact of exercising immediately after a meal is abdominal pain. There are three main reasons for this. The first is that blood distribution shifts during exercise, leading to ischemia in the digestive tract and causing gastrointestinal smooth muscle spasms. During exercise, the body's oxygen demand increases, and the negative pressure in the chest cavity decreases, causing blood return to the liver to be blocked, leading to liver congestion and increased tension in the liver capsule, causing liver pain. Exercise after a meal can lead to the onset of gastrointestinal diseases, etc.