Avoid it after Taking Food

 Avoid it after Taking Food

-Dr. Lalit Kumar Setia

Most people are not aware of the consequences of some habits after taking food. These bad habits lead to serious diseases and affect life in the long term. Whenever anyone takes food i.e. Breakfast, Lunch, or Dinner; it is a must to avoid few things to do. If these things are not avoided, then it becomes a habit, a bad habit, which makes the person suffer. Let’s know what not to do after taking food.

Sleeping after taking food is harmful

The food contains a lot of energy; calories a person gains after taking the food. After eating food, avoid having sleep or being lazy for rest. The body requires to burn the calories gained from the food, which means it is a must to walk few kilometers. If it is not possible to travel, then do Vajrasana - yoga posture to digest the food easily. 

In this pose, sit back on the legs and take the weight of the body on the knees. Do meditation in this pose, it will not only digest the food easily but also sharpen the mind as well. If a person is facing the problem of constipation, the main reason may be taking rest or sleep after eating food.

Walking with a calm mind or having above yoga posture keeps the mind calm and stable cures acidity and obesity strengthen the muscles and sexual organs by increasing blood circulation to the lower abdominal region. However, this yoga posture is not good for persons who are having intestinal ulcers or hernia; therefore, it is also a must for taking the advice of a Doctor before making this yoga posture a habit after eating food (Frothingham, 2021)[i].

In brief, avoid taking food if you are going to sleep or take rest and after taking food never take rest or sleep because it may lead to improper digestion of the food and there may be gastro-intestinal problems in long-term, making the person suffering from stomach disorders.

Avoid bathing after taking food

Most people wake up and then take breakfast; thereafter take bath. Scientifically, it is very bad. When anyone takes bath, the blood circulation of the body equally spreads among the body organs. The blood circulation to body parts around the stomach decreases to a great extent. 

The digestion of food requires blood circulation around the stomach so that energy originates and the food is broken easily. Taking of bath after eating food also decreases the temperature of the body and warming up of stomach, becomes impossible which led to indigestion.

As per Ayurveda, the fire element is required in the body to digest the food and after eating food, the body automatically activates the fire elements. Taking of bath changed the direction of energy (fire) to the other organs of the body and it led to indigestion. 

Avoid Tea after eating food

The taking of tea immediately after breakfast, lunch, or dinner may be a habit of many people. Do not follow such a trend, it is a bad habit. When I asked Doctors, why tea is bad after eating food? It is found that most doctors agree that the taking of tea after eating food, increases the acidity problems and the digestion of food is also affected adversely.

Even the body becomes incapable to absorb full nutrients of food due to intake of tea. Some experts recommend taking green tea, but that is also not good, as per the recommendations of doctors. The coffee is also not advisable immediately after taking of food.

The digestion of food generally takes 2 hours, if anyone is addicted to taking tea after taking food, it may be taken after one hour of taking the food. It means, after taking food, walk a while or have Vajrasana pose of yoga for one hour then only tea may be taken (if desired).

*Copyright © 2021 Dr. Lalit Kumar. All rights reserved. 

This article is written by Dr. Lalit Kumar Setia; a renowned author and trainer. He completed his Doctorate in Commerce from Kurukshetra University Kurukshetra and MBA in Information Technology from GJU, Hisar. He also wrote two books, 15 research papers, and organized more than 200 Training Courses during his working period since 2006 in Haryana Institute of Public Administration, Gurugram. The article was published on 7th October 2021 and last updated on 7th October 2021. The writer can be contacted on lalitkumarsetia@gmail.com

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[i] This content is retrieved from an article “Health Benefits of Vajrasana Pose and How to Do It”, written by Scott Frothingham on 7^th August 2019, accessed from https://www.healthline.com/health/benefits-of-vajrasana#how-to-do-it.