A balanced lifestyle is very important to stay healthy. For this physical activity and proper diet should be taken. A balanced diet and regular exercise can help in staying fit. Exercise is not necessary for physical activity. Walking can also benefit health. Especially, walking after meals is considered good for staying healthy. In this too, it is considered very important to walk after dinner. If you go to sleep immediately after dinner or don't go for a walk, it can not only make it difficult to digest food, but it can also cause many other disadvantages. On the other hand, if you walk after dinner, then it can have many benefits. FalakHaneef, Nutritionist, Cloudnine Group of Hospitals, Bengaluru is giving information about this.
Help digest dinner
When we eat food, there is the secretion of digestive juices in the stomach and it helps in the digestion of food. If you stay active after eating or walking, then it puts extra pressure on the stomach and the food moves easily in the digestive tract and gets digested quickly. Also, there are no problems like the formation of gas and acid after eating food. It also removes bloating that occurs after eating.
The blood sugar level is managed
Taking a walk after dinner helps in managing blood sugar levels. That's why according to experts, it is very important to walk after meals. For people suffering from type 1 and type 2 diabetes, walking after dinner makes it easier to manage blood sugar levels. So to manage the sugar level, walk for about 30 minutes after dinner.
Help with weight loss
If you walk after dinner, it can help in weight loss. However, with this, it is also important to pay attention to calorie count and exercise. Often people consider only doing gym to be enough for weight loss. But let us tell you that regular walking after meals is also necessary for weight loss.
Good for heart health
Walking after meals is also good for heart health. However, in many cases, brisk walking after dinner can cause discomfort or pain. So if you are facing any such problem, then keep a gap of sometime between eating and walking.
Walking can cause harm
However, while walking after dinner, you have to keep in mind that you walk according to your ability. If you walk more than your capacity, then there can be problems like stretching of nerves, muscle cramps, and feeling very tired. Also, many people may find it difficult to walk immediately after eating. In such a situation, after eating, they should walk after taking a gap of some time. You have to take care of one more thing after eating, do not walk very fast, but walk slowly.
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