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Benefits Of 30-Min Walk Post Meals: How often do you walk after consuming a meal? One of the easiest ways to lose those extra kilos is by walking for at least 30 minutes or an hour every day. Walking has amazing benefits for the overall body including weight management, burning calories, maintaining blood sugar levels and many others. It is an efficient cardio exercise that helps in getting stubborn belly fat without you even realising it. But the question that most of us have in our minds is should we go on a walk post meals?

In a conversation with Jagran English, Dr Sri Karan Uddesh Tanugula, Consultant General Physician, Yashoda Hospitals Hyderabad explained that most of us these days lead a sedentary lifestyle because of this we are permanently in the fed state due to frequent intake of food. Recent emerging scientific evidence is showing that if we engage in physical activity right after consumption of meals, that is within 30 minutes of consumption of meals, it would definitely help in controlling our blood sugar spikes.

Benefits Of 30 Mins Post Meal Walks

The physical activity should be a brisk walk for 30 minutes post meals. This would aid in better digestion, improve cardiovascular health, improve mental health and if it is done post-dinner, it would even aid in better sleep quality.

Walking is an extremely healthy cardio exercise (Image Credits: Canva)

A post-meal walk is recommended for diabetic patients as post-prandial blood sugar spikes can be controlled with the above practice.

If walking post a meal for 30 minutes is inconvenient for one, recent research suggests that even a 5-minute light walk post meals within 90 minutes of consumption of meals can help control blood glucose levels.

How Much To Walk Within A Day?

You may burn an additional 150 calories a day if you incorporate 30 minutes of vigorous walking into your regular regimen. Of course, you'll burn more calories walking more and at a faster rate. One should engage in moderately vigorous physical exercise for at least 150 minutes a week. This may be achieved by taking 30 minutes of brisk walks five days a week.