5 Important Things You Must Need To Avoid After Eating Meal

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After full meal you may probably feel sleepy, want to lay down or you want just to sit then watch movie. But have you consider what will be the effect to your overall health when ding these habit after meal?

Actually not only what mentioned above needs concern, in this article we are going to share to you what are the 5 other things you must need to avoid after eating and their dangerous effects in our health that could be fatal.

Here are the 5 things that you should avoid after eating:

1. Smoking

In all concerns this is the most injurious habit that all must avoid even not only after eating.

Did you know that it is significant to wait a few hours after having a meal and then smoke a cigarette because cigarettes contain nicotine which can bind to the excess oxygen essential for digestion, in consequence allowing the body to absorb more carcinogens than usual?

Studies claim that smoking right after a meal is equal to smoking 10 cigarettes at once. In addition, this can increase your risk of lung and bowel cancer.

Unfortunately, thought many people are aware that smoking is extremely harmful to their health and yet they still continue to do it right after having a meal.

2. Shower

Avoid taking shower right after having a meal, because it can increase the blood flow in the legs and hands, therefore it can also reduce the blood flow in the stomach. As a result it will deteriorate your digestive system and lead to stomach pain.

3. Eat Fruit

In fact, on an empty stomach due to the fact that fruits require different enzymes in order to digest, the best time for consuming fruit is before a meal.

When your stomach is empty, make sure you will obtain the best benefits from all the nutrients, fiber and other sugars In addition, the sugars contained in fruit need more time so they can be completely absorbed.

On the other hand, eating fruit after a meal can cause heartburn, indigestion, and burping.

4. Sleep

According to the study that lead by University of Ioannina Medical School, which proved that people who waited a longer period of time to go to bed after having a meal, had less risk of experiencing a stroke.

Going to bed right after having a meal expect that you will experience discomfort, bloating and other sleeping patterns because this can cause your stomach to burn during the night. So, make sure not to eat at least a few hours before going to sleep.

5. Drink Tea

The main reason why you should not drink tea right after having dinner, it can delay with the iron absorption. Tea is well known of having a tannic acid which can bind with iron and protein in our food.

In most cases this results in 87% decrease in absorption of iron which is scientifically proven. And iron deficiency can cause anemia, thus causing pale skin, poor appetite, chest pain, cold feet and hands, dizziness, weakness, and extreme fatigue.

There is certain time for everything, be mindful with these 5 things to avoid after eating and make sure to make some interval time before eating fruit, drinking tea, or lying down after any meal.

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