Do you know the nine killers after a meal
Introduction: Do you know the nine killers after a meal? These are the culprits behind the scenes that harm your health!
Eating fruit after a meal
Many people like to eat some fruit after a meal, thinking it helps to freshen the palate. In fact, this is a bad habit. Eating fruit immediately after a meal can affect digestion. This is because after food enters the stomach, it takes 1-2 hours to be slowly digested and expelled. If you eat fruit right after a meal, the fruit will be blocked by the food you just ate and cannot be digested properly.
Drinking strong tea after a meal
Tea contains a large amount of tannic acid. Drinking strong tea after a meal will cause the undigested protein you just ate to combine with the tannic acid to form precipitates, affecting protein absorption; substances in tea will also hinder the absorption of iron. Long-term habit of drinking strong tea after meals can easily lead to iron-deficiency anemia. In addition, drinking tea immediately after a meal will cause a large amount of water to enter the stomach, diluting the digestive secretions and thus affecting the stomach's digestive work.
Smoking after a meal
Some people believe that "a cigarette after a meal is better than living like a god." In fact, this practice is extremely harmful to the human body. After a meal, the gastrointestinal tract is very active, blood circulation speeds up, and the digestive system starts to work in full gear. If you smoke at this time, the absorption of smoke by the lungs and tissues throughout the body is greatly enhanced, causing a large amount of harmful components in the smoke to be absorbed. It has a strong irritating effect on the respiratory and digestive tracts, undoubtedly causing much greater damage to the body's functions and tissues than smoking at other times.
Drinking water after a meal
Drinking water immediately after a meal will dilute the gastric juice, causing food in the stomach to enter the small intestine before it has had time to be digested, weakening the digestive capacity of the gastric juice and easily causing gastrointestinal diseases. If you drink carbonated water after a meal, it is even more harmful. The carbon dioxide produced by carbonated water can easily increase the pressure in the stomach, leading to acute gastric dilatation.
Singing karaoke after a meal
Right after a full meal, the stomach capacity is increased and blood flow is increased. Singing at this time will cause the diaphragm to move down and increase abdominal pressure, which can lead to indigestion, or more seriously, other symptoms such as gastrointestinal discomfort. Therefore, it is best to sing karaoke about an hour after a meal, when the food has been digested normally, or simply sing first and then eat.
Driving after a meal
After a meal, due to the need for digestion, most of the blood is concentrated in the stomach, and the brain is in a state of temporary ischemia. Driving at this time can easily lead to operational errors and car accidents. Therefore, it is safer to drive one hour after a meal.
Taking a bath after a meal
There is a folk saying, "A full stomach for a bath, an empty stomach for a shave," which is also an incorrect living habit. After a meal, taking a bath will increase blood flow to the body's surface, and correspondingly reduce blood flow to the gastrointestinal tract, which weakens the digestive function of the stomach and causes indigestion.
Loosening your belt after a meal
Many people feel bloated after overeating and often loosen their belts. Although this makes the stomach more comfortable, it will cause a decrease in intra-abdominal pressure, forcing the stomach to sag. Over time, this can lead to a real condition of ptosis (sagging) of the stomach.
"A hundred-step walk" after a meal
"A hundred-step walk" after a meal will not help you live to be ninety-nine, but because of the increase in exercise, it will affect the digestive tract's absorption of nutrients. This is especially true for the elderly, whose heart function is reduced and blood vessels are hardened. They often experience a drop in blood pressure after a post-meal walk.