We are usually told to take a 15 minutes nap after lunch and a walk after dinner. How long after taking meals one should take a nap or walk? Should we walk briskly or leisurely after meals? Should it be a short walk or a long one? Walk before a meal helps burn more calories or walk after meals? How long should we walk before and after a meal?
It all depends on what you want to achieve. Eating a big meal before you exercise may make your stomach sick. Research shows that exercise helps decrease appetite, so if you are trying to loose weight you should exercise before eating. However, if you are prone to low blood sugars, you will want to eat a light snack before exercising.
Before exercising on foot, need to eat a 150-calorie snack for energy during exercise. After exercise, you can eat the main foods that are high in fiber and low in carbohydrates to prevent obesity.
Dear Bisma, maybe the following papers will help you on the subject:
Hijikata Y, Yamada S. Walking just after a meal seems to be more effective for weight loss than waiting for one hour to walk after a meal. Int J Gen Med 2011;4:447-50. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3119587/pdf/ijgm-4-447.pdf
Reynolds AN, Mann JI, Williams S, Venn BJ. Advice to walk after meals is more effective for lowering postprandial glycaemia in type 2 diabetes mellitus than advice that does not specify timing: a randomised crossover study. Diabetologia 2016;59:2572–2578. https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2Fs00125-016-4085-2.pdf
Pahra D, Sharma N, Ghai S, Hajela A, Bhansali S, Bhansali A. Impact of post-meal and one-time daily exercise in patient with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a randomized crossover study. Diabetol Metab Syndr 2017;9:64. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5580296/pdf/13098_2017_Article_263.pdf
Have a good walking day, Martin
Dear Martin Hofmeister, Thank you. You know I have started to walk after meals after going through two of these papers. Later I found some more research work supporting walk before meals, then I have started walk before meals. Now, I am thinking of starting walk both before and after meals....briskly before meals and leisurely after meals ;)
Please read this article:
https://goqii.com/blog/should-we-brisk-walk-before-the-meal-or-after/
Dear Hassan Izzeddin Sarsak thank you for referring this article. This article is contradicting to the articles suggested by Martin Hofmeister . Scientific literature on walk is sort of increasing the confusion. I came across multiple articles, some suggesting walk before meals and others walk after meals. What is really good is still not clear to me. I think there is a need to commence an extensive visualization of the scientific literature published on walk.
Any physical activity like brisk walking that you feel comfortable and that is convenient for you would be very helpful.
Most important thing is to have persistence by integration into your daily routine.
It depends on age factor and your health condition, if you are young and good healthy then it does not matter before or after, but in older age avoid walking before meal,and after meal take 10 minutes rest then walk also keep control on taking water
Brisk walking is helpful regarding calorie loss and fitness, however it is only posible before meal, but more difficult with fool stomach
In the end of the day every kilometer counts and helps in t the fight agains obesity
Kind regards
I think for a healthy person it is not so important whether it is walking before or after meals, the main thing is to walk as time permits. However, a short and non-intense walk for people with metabolic syndrome, depression, and diabetes is better after lunch. Reynolds coauthored a 2016 study of people with type-2 diabetes and found that just 10 minutes of walking after a meal helped control their blood sugar levels.Along with combatting surges in blood sugar, a little post-meal movement may also aid digestion. Apart from the perks mentioned here, more research has linked short bouts of walking with benefits like lower blood pressure and a reduced risk for depression. And since obesity, depression, diabetes, and arterial hypertension are becoming pandemic today, the conclusion is crystallizing.
So, let's go for a walk after our next meal. Computer, TV, Internet and sofa will wait for us ;-)
Certainly it is more importante to do the execrase after meals in people with some associated diseases not only metabólico but also cadio-respiratories
Please see the below given links.
https://www.quora.com/Which-is-better-walking-before-or-after-a-meal
https://www.quora.com/Is-it-better-to-go-for-a-walk-after-a-meal-or-before-a-meal
...when you wake up in the morning should walk 30 minutes, it is advisable to eat two strands of white bread snack. After exercising and taking a bath then proceed with breakfast food as was his previous custom.
Waking after breakfast is good
Waking after dinner better than after lunch
Waking after lunch is worst
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