These 4 mistakes made immediately after eating can spoil your digestion, know the right time to walk and sleep.

Food is not only a means to satisfy hunger, but is also the main source of energy and essential nutrients to run our body smoothly. Therefore, as important as it is to eat a balanced and nutritious diet, it is equally important to adopt right habits after eating. Often people unknowingly make some mistakes immediately after eating food, which have a direct and negative impact on their digestion process. In fact, after eating food, our body gets busy in digesting it and absorbing the vitamins and minerals present in it, which increases blood circulation towards the stomach and intestines. In such a situation, some wrong activities can hinder this natural process. Let us know which 4 mistakes should be avoided immediately after meals and what are the correct rules to stay healthy. Do not make these 4 mistakes even by mistake immediately after eating food. 1. Doing heavy or fast exercise. According to the famous health website Healthline, doing high-intensity exercise (like running, gym or lifting heavy weight) immediately after eating food can cause severe stomach cramps, nausea, vomiting and indigestion. The reason for this is that at this time the body’s entire focus is on digesting food, and by exercising, the blood flow gets diverted towards the muscles instead of the stomach. 2. Brisk Walking: Many people, in order to digest food, start running or walking very fast immediately after eating. According to Healthline, walking at a fast pace immediately after a meal can cause discomfort and pain in the digestive system. If you have to walk, always do it at a very light, slow and comfortable pace. 3. Lying down on the bed immediately after having dinner. A report by Cleveland Clinic states that lying down on the bed or sleeping immediately after having dinner at night increases the risk of acid reflux and heartburn (chest burning) manifold. When you lie down straight, the digestive acid from the stomach starts coming back towards the esophagus. 4. Overeating: According to Cleveland Clinic, eating more food for taste or out of hunger puts excessive pressure on the stomach. This causes problems like heavy stomach, severe gas, sour belching, bloating and indigestion. Therefore, it is always considered best to eat food that is slightly less than your hunger and in a balanced quantity. How long after eating food should one walk, exercise and sleep? If you want to make your lifestyle healthy, then remember this right ratio of time between food and your routine activities: For workout/heavy exercise: If you want to do any heavy workout or yoga, then keep a gap of at least 1 to 2 hours after having a heavy meal. To sleep or lie down: There should be a gap of at least 2 to 3 hours between having dinner and sleeping time. Due to this, by the time you sleep, the food in your stomach has been digested to a great extent and you also get deep sleep. For light walk: Only 10 to 15 minutes of very slow walk (like sitting in Shatapadi or Vajrasana) can be done immediately after the meal, which helps in digestion. For better health, take special care of these things. Eat after chewing: Always eat food with a calm mind, comfortably and chew it thoroughly so that the stomach does not have to work too hard to digest it. Rule of drinking water: Avoid drinking too much water by gulping immediately after meals, because it dilutes the digestive enzymes. It is best to drink water half an hour after eating. Stay away from intoxication: Smoking or consuming alcohol immediately after eating harms the body twice as much as normal. Medical advice: If you have persistent problems like heartburn, flatulence, constipation or indigestion every day after meals, do not ignore it as normal and immediately consult a good gastrologist (stomach specialist).