Walking after a meal helps abdominal muscle contraction, promotes gastrointestinal motility, stimulates parasympathetic nerves, and relieves stress. But going too fast, too long is easy to hurt, and the key to walking after a meal is to relax.
The slower the better, no more than half an hour. Cao Tingdong, a famous health master in the Qing Dynasty, said in the "Old Man Hengyan": "After a meal, the food will stop, and hundreds of steps will be slowed down. The gas will be lost to the spleen, and the stomach will be perishable."
Slow walking helps digestion of food. absorb. When you are too full, you must get up and walk slowly to avoid food accumulation in your stomach and cause stomach upset.
If you go too fast, the action is too intense, the blood will flow from the stomach to the limbs, and the blood will be reduced, which is not conducive to digestion.
It is recommended that the walking speed be ideal at 90 steps/minute, about 1~2 steps per second. The walking time is preferably 10~30 minutes, not too long.
Avoid chatting while walking. Walking will allow the air to gather in the body and raise the air. However, many elderly people like to chat with people while walking, or call, it is easy to let the air dissipate, and will also lose the body fluid (saliva).
The old man can walk while swaying the middle acupoint above the abdomen clockwise to promote circulation and help digestion. If you eat too much, you can take a rest and massage.
In the following conditions, take a rest and take a walk after a meal. Old people with cardiopulmonary, spleen and stomach function, and physical weakness, it is recommended to take a rest for half an hour before taking a walk.
If you suffer from angina pectoris, low blood pressure, sagging stomach, easy walking, and weak body, you should avoid eating too much. After taking a rest for 30 minutes, you will not have physical discomfort.
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