What should u do while digesting?

[Apprentice]

When you eat, like a whole bunch(or anything)...whats the best thing to do while digesting? Sit? Stand? Lay down? Walk? Jog? Run? Sprint? what?

[GunnedDownAtrocity]

you should throw up right after eating so you don't get fat and waste a bunch of time doing that digressing stuff.

[joedoe]

Digest

[David Jamieson]

relax, have a seat, read a book, doze a little.

When your belly is full, a lot of your blood is in it aiding the digestion of the food consumed.
Exercise or rigourous activity is not recommended.

peace

[Apprentice]

Thanx Kung Lek, doze a little? Doesn't sleeping make the sugars turn to fat? or carbs

[SevenStar]

I've always been told not to sleep right after eating, as the metabolism slows down, slowing digestion,increasing the chances of food being stored as fat.

[Paul]

I think sprints are the way to go, that or maybe 500 mountain climbers.

[red_fists]

Hi

I was taught either to relax or to go for a slow comfortable walk.

[Chris McKinley]

The chances of sugars being stored as fat have far more to do with their Glycemic Index Rating than with post-meal metabolic rate. GIR is a measure of how quickly the given sugar is metabolized. Simply put, those which are metabolized quickest are most likely to be stored as fat, as they more strongly trigger the insulin reaction. Although there are a few surprises in the index, generally the simpler the sugar, the faster it will burn. Table sugar burns much faster than legumes or most grains, for example.

The other major factor in determining fat storage is the person's resting metabolic rate. A person who regularly engages in strenuous exercise, particularly where resistance is involved, will have a "faster-running engine", so to speak, and will burn off a lot more calories just sitting there or even napping than someone who's resting metabolic rate is slower. That said, it should be noted that the process of digestion itself raises the metabolic rate temporarily, but that a casually-paced 5-minute walk just after the meal will also extend the period of this raised rate and will also help to expel gas trapped while eating, making the "full" feeling less uncomfortable. 5 minutes is generally plenty though...any more and you draw blood away from the stomach, making digestion both slower and less complete.

[Repulsive Monkey]

Chinese Medicine is quite clear on this, and like most in China its very beneficial to have a little rest after a meal. By the way Kung Lek, the Chinese frown on reading during meals. C.Medicine says that impairs the Spleen's function it initiating digesting as it ascends too much energy upwards to the brain for ceberal activity and thus detracts from the spleens transformational and transportational functions. They also say that no emotions should be imbalanced and at most only some general conversation and no heavy issues to be engaged in.

[Sharky]

feels good if you sit around for like 15 mins then go for a walk

[Kristoffer]

Sit down and post some crap on kung fu online

[Kristoffer]

That, I always does

[David Jamieson]

Repulsive Monkey, the suggestion to read was regarding the digestion process after the meal and not during.

peace

[IronFist]

Formula for a healthy stomach:

For men:
1. Eat, the more the better.
2. Immediately after finishing your last bite, drink one gallon of water.
3. Immediately jump up and down as high as you can 50 times.
4. Without resting, go over to a wall (for assistance) and do a handstand.
5. Once in the handstand position, hyperventilate as fast as you can.
6. After 3 minutes of hyperventilating, stand back up and spin around clockwise or counterclockwise as fast as you can for 3 minutes.
7. Now the important part, to help digestion, have a parter hit you in the stomach with a golf club 7 times.
8. Be very careful with this formula, as repeated performance will cause you to put on tons of muscle and have very little body fat. Also, being hit with the golf clubs causes definition in your abs, which will already be very visible due to the low bodyfat this formula causes. Watch out, after only 2 days you may look like Arnold Schwarzenegger. It is not uncommon to have your bench press and squat increase by 700lbs after only one performance of these instructions.
9. Enjoy.


For women:
1. Don't eat much, lest you put on fat and become unattractive to men.
2. Immediately after eating, run to the nearest toilet and puke as much as you can. Remember, the more food that enters your stomach, the fatter you will get.
3. After you're done puking, get on a tredmill and run 600 miles to burn off any calories that were accidently absorbed by your stomach. You wouldn't want to store them as fat, would you?
4. After running 600 miles, go take some diet pills and diuretics so you don't get fat.
5. Enjoy looking like a skeleton. Remember, men like girls who are all boney and look like little malnurished boys.

Iron

PS. btw, I was kidding.
PPS. To all the impressionable girls here, seriously, I was kidding. Don't do this.