What are the harms of sleeping after a meal?

Many people have the habit of taking a nap, and often we spend most of our lunch break after work and have a meal. We can only take a nap immediately before getting up to go to work. There are also some people who are lazy, or who are sleepy because they eat too much and go to bed immediately after dinner. So, what are the harms of sleeping after a meal? What are the effects on the body? Let’s take a look together.

Health experts recommend that you don't go to bed right after a meal for the following reasons: 1. It can easily cause obesity. Sleeping will slow down your metabolism and gastrointestinal motility, and food cannot enter the small intestine for digestion immediately. When food accumulates in the stomach, calories will also accumulate in the body, which can easily cause obesity. Girls who are afraid of being fat should pay attention to this. 2. It can easily cause loss of appetite. Food stored in the stomach for too long can cause bloating, which makes people feel full and affects their appetite for the next meal. 3. Easy to cause stroke. Food accumulated in the stomach will cause blood from the brain to flow to the stomach. Due to the decrease in blood pressure, the oxygen supply to the brain also decreases, causing extreme fatigue after a meal, which can easily cause burning sensation in the heart. Insufficient blood supply to the brain can also easily cause a stroke. 4. Easy to cause indigestion. Going to bed right after a meal will slow down gastrointestinal motility and weaken the digestive mucosa's ability to digest food, which can easily lead to indigestion. In addition, there is a risk of esophageal reflux disease if you go to bed right after a meal. Are you shocked by what the health experts say? Sleeping, which we thought was very comfortable, has turned out to be the cause of so many troubles. Therefore, the editor would like to remind everyone that doing some light exercise such as walking after a meal can help digestion and save you from a lot of trouble.

The new way to take a lunch break is: after getting off work or school at noon, eat some fruit or milk, then take a half-hour nap, and then get up for lunch. Studies have shown that taking a half-hour break before lunch can more effectively eliminate fatigue than sleeping for two hours after lunch, and can greatly improve work and study efficiency in the afternoon. Don't go to bed immediately after a meal. Taking a nap right after a meal may cause food reflux and gastric juice to irritate the esophagus. In mild cases, it may make people feel uncomfortable, and in severe cases, it may cause reflux esophagitis. Therefore, it is best to rest for about 20 minutes after lunch before going to sleep.

The above is the harm of sleeping after meals that I introduced to you. I believe everyone has understood it. It is recommended that you rest for twenty minutes after a meal before taking a nap. Don’t go to bed immediately after dinner. You can go downstairs for a walk, exercise and digest for a while, and then go upstairs to sleep. This is good for your body. I wish you good health.