Why can't I go to sleep right after eating?

"A cigarette after a meal is better than being a living god.", "Walk a hundred steps after a meal and you can live to be ninety-nine." These well-known proverbs are somewhat misleading to the public, because both practices are harmful to the body from a health perspective. It is well known that we should wash our hands and drink soup before meals, but there are also some things we should not do after meals as doing so will affect our health.

Don't take a shower right after a meal. Life is stressful nowadays. Many people are too busy and hard at work during the day, so they often fall asleep on the bed after cooking and eating dinner when they get home. So as soon as I finish my meal, I take a shower and want to go to bed as soon as possible - and eating too full for dinner makes it even more likely that I will want to take a shower and go to bed right away. Taking a bath after a meal will increase the blood flow on the body surface and reduce the blood flow in the gastrointestinal tract accordingly, thereby weakening the digestive function of the stomach and intestines and causing indigestion.

"Take a hundred steps after a meal" "Take a hundred steps after a meal and you can live to 99" Many people know this saying. There are also many ladies who are afraid of gaining weight and want to lose weight like to choose to go out for a walk at this time. They think that it can help promote digestion and help lose weight by burning body fat. But in fact, this practice is harmful to your health. Because the increase in exercise affects the absorption of nutrients by the digestive tract.

3 Eat fruit after a meal. Many people like to order a plate of fruit after a big meal, thinking it can cleanse the stomach and promote digestion. But in fact, this habit is also bad for your health. When food enters the stomach, it needs 1-2 hours to be digested before it can be slowly eliminated. If you eat fruit immediately after a meal, the fruit will be blocked by the food you have eaten before and cannot be digested normally.

It is not advisable to go to bed immediately after a meal. Instead, it is better to wait for fifteen minutes to half an hour. After a meal, the gastrointestinal blood increases and begins to digest food. If you fall asleep immediately at this time, gastrointestinal motility will be reduced, causing indigestion. Food will stay in the gastrointestinal tract for a long time and produce gas, causing acid reflux, abdominal distension, and inducing gastrointestinal diseases.

The editor reminds everyone that you should also be careful not to engage in strenuous exercise immediately after a meal. You should rest first and wait for the food in your stomach to be slowly digested before exercising. Don't go to bed immediately after a meal, as this is not conducive to the digestive function of the stomach and intestines. Don't drink water immediately after a meal. Have you remembered the above suggestions?