Eating Tips for Healthy Eating 5

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31. Don't sleep immediately after eating.
Take a walk at least a hundred steps. If not outdoors, at least around the house. Do some activity to help in food passage and digestion. Sleep only after about two hours have passed since the last meal. When we sleep, there is no swallowing or the reflux gravitational pull (see point 18). We also secrete less saliva when we sleep, thus resulting in acid remaining longer and damaging the oesophagus and larynx (the voice box). The stomach's content, being highly acidic, can go all the way up to the larynx, into the back of the mouth, and nose. This inflames and damages the delicate membranes lining the oesophagus and larynx - and may cause cancer.

32. Don't take a bath immediately after eating.
Bathing will increase blood flow to the hands, legs and body, resulting in a decrease around the stomach. This weakens the digestive system.

33. Don't smoke after eating.
Smoking a cigarette after a meal has been shown to be comparable to smoking 10 cigarettes at a time. This increases cancer risk. Better still, don't smoke at all.

34. Don't loosen the belt after eating.
This will cause the intestines to be easily twisted and blocked.

35. The best position when eating.
The proven best position when eating is on the ground (floor) with the body supported by the legs with the inside of the left foot placed at the back of the right. This is also the safest, because all the organs are left in their natural state. When in this position it also compels one to bring the food forward towards the mouth rather than leaning towards the food resulting in bad posture while eating. (See point 20). However, sitting upright at the dining table is adequate.

36. Eat only correctly-slaughtered meat. Be concerned about how the meat is produced. Make sure the livestock are slain in a state of tranquility and not battered or abused to death, where the release of stress hormones get passed down to us humans when we eat them. Treating animals in such a manner is also not humane, whether we want to eat it or not. The correct way of slaughtering also ensures that most or all of their blood is shed. When blood reaches the animal's intestine it is acted upon by various bacteria present there resulting in poisons like ammonia which is toxic to our liver. Hence the correct way of slaughtering is extremely important.

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