Many people have the habit of eating fruit or drinking tea after a meal, thinking that it helps with digestion. However, some of these habits actually have an impact on our health and need to be changed as soon as possible.
1. Eating fruit after a meal
Many people like to eat fruit after a meal, thinking that it helps with digestion. However, this is actually a wrong habit. Eating fruit immediately after a meal can interfere with digestion. After food enters the stomach, it takes 1-2 hours to be slowly digested and eliminated. Eating fruit immediately after a meal can block the digestion of the fruit by the previously consumed food.
2. Drinking tea after a meal
Tea contains a large amount of tannic acid. Drinking strong tea after a meal can cause the undigested protein to combine with tannic acid to form precipitates, affecting protein absorption. The substances in tea can also hinder the absorption of iron, and long-term habit of drinking strong tea after a meal can easily lead to iron deficiency anemia. In addition, drinking tea immediately after a meal can dilute the digestive juices in the stomach, affecting the digestion of food.
3. Smoking after a meal
Some people believe that "smoking a cigarette after a meal is better than living like a god." In fact, this practice is extremely harmful to the body. After a meal, the intestines and stomach of the body are very active, and blood circulation is accelerated, and the digestive system begins to work comprehensively. If you smoke at this time, the lungs and body tissues will absorb the smoke more intensively, resulting in a large amount of harmful substances from the smoke being absorbed, which has a strong stimulating effect on the respiratory and digestive tracts, undoubtedly causing much more damage to the body's functions and tissues than usual smoking.
4. Sleeping immediately after a meal
This mainly refers to taking a nap after lunch. Although taking a nap is a good habit, it is not good to take a nap immediately after a meal because the stomach is still digesting the food. Sleeping affects the normal functioning of the stomach and is not conducive to the normal absorption of food, just like a person dozing off while working, efficiency will definitely be greatly reduced. In addition, if the elderly sleep immediately after a meal, it is easy to cause insufficient blood supply to the brain and lead to stroke, which is quite serious.
5. Exercising immediately after a meal
Although "life is movement," not all exercise is beneficial and harmless. Exercising immediately after a meal is a big taboo because the increase in exercise affects the absorption of nutrients in the digestive system, and in the long run, it may lead to gastric prolapse.
In fact, taking a walk after a meal is the best. It not only helps with digestion but also allows you to breathe fresh air and promotes blood circulation in the body. In fact, many habits that you are used to in life are incorrect. For the sake of your health, some habits need to be changed.
