Here's what walking after meals can (and can't) do for your blood sugar.
How To Optimize Your Post-Meal Walk So It Helps Regulate Blood Sugar Taking a walk after eating is something many of us do out of sheer instinct or habit. We feel a little too full, want to stretch our legs, or find we can avoid a post-meal energy slump if we get some steps in.But in recent years, science has uncovered some legitimate health benefits to walking after eating, especially when it comes to staving off a blood sugar spike and crash following a high-carb or sugar-filled meal.
Ways to optimize your walk So, how quickly after eating should you walk to maximize the benefits? Amaral recommends getting moving within 30 minutes of wrapping up your meal. However, she adds, a 2016 review of 39 studies suggests that exercising anywhere between 30 minutes and 120 minutes after eating is ideal—with positive health effects present even six hours post-meal.
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