walking > standing > sitting > lying down
Walking digests food fastest (obviously because you are moving your body/burning calories), and lying down digests foods most slowly. Gravity is also working against you to an extent
After eating, when do you digest food the fastest, laying down, sitting or standing?
Submitted 7 months ago by Mandy@sh.itjust.works to [deleted]
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lethargic_lemming@lemmy.world 7 months ago
giantfloppycock@lemm.ee 7 months ago
obviously because you are moving your body/burning calories
I wouldn’t say this is obvious or completely true. Burning calories is separate from digestion - for example, if you’re burning them too fast (e.g., sprinting), your body will divert resources towards the running, which will slow digestion.
Mandy@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
dang gravity, always putting us down
zakobjoa@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Gravity isn’t bringing us down.
It’s bringing us together.
pastermil@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
Gravity is also working against you
And gravity also wants to bring you down
EleventhHour@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Not sure about immediately after eating, but walking plays a role in moving your food through your digestive system, particularly your intestines.
Num10ck@lemmy.world 7 months ago
humans don’t rely on gravity to digest food, but try not to choke in bed on these nuts.
jol@discuss.tchncs.de 7 months ago
Hm I didn’t eat nuts though? Or you mean these pine seeds
some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 7 months ago
Hopping.
CountVon@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
None of the above. The correct answer is walking. Moving around helps kickstart the GI tract.
MyDogLovesMe@lemmy.world 7 months ago
AKA “a fart walk”
Crackhappy@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I love the little extra power toot.
ivanafterall@lemmy.world 7 months ago
So would sprinting full-speed after every meal ensure maximum digestive efficiency?
partial_accumen@lemmy.world 7 months ago
I think you’re joking, but in case you aren’t, the answer is: no. Digestion takes a surprising amount of energy from your body. You can either use that energy for running OR digestion, not both at the same time. If you are trying to full speed sprint after eating a meal, your parasympathetic nervous system would assume you’ve decided that running at top speed is more important and shut down digestion freeing up energy to use your muscles for running. It might also decide that having the undigested food in you may be a risk, and cause you to throw up.
CountVon@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
No, the opposite actually! Any amount of exercise will help with GI motility, but intense exercise causes the digestive system to slow down (source).
Sibbo@sopuli.xyz 7 months ago
If you only look at how long it takes until the food is out again, and don’t care where it comes out of, then yes.