Health Tips: Beware! Do you make this mistake after eating? Body will become home of disease

Disadvantage of drinking water after meals: Our ancient medical system has given great importance to drinking water in Ayurveda. Chanakya policy also states that- ‘Ajirne Bheshjam Wari, Raine Wari Balpradam. Bhojne Chamrutam Wari, Khinaye Vishrapradam ‘means water works like medicine during indigestion. When the food is digested well, water gives strength. Drinking some water while eating is considered to be nectar, as it helps to swallow and digest food. But drinking water immediately after eating food is nothing short of poison.

What does Ayurveda say?
According to Ayurvedic scholars and texts, when we eat food, it goes to a particular place inside the stomach, which is called ‘gastric’ or “stomach”. It is located in the middle of our body, on the left side near the navel. There is a light fire in the stomach, which we can call a digestive fire. This fire helps in digesting food. When we feel hungry, this fire actually indicates us that the body now needs energy. Just as it comes into the reserve when petrol in the car is over, the body also says through hunger that it now needs food.

Why not drink water immediately after eating?
You must have seen that when we feel very fast hungry, we find any food tasty and is easily digested. The fire in the stomach works to digest food for about an hour. If we eat something else in this one hour or drink a lot of cold water, then it is extinguished. Just as water is suddenly poured on the burning fire, similarly the fire in the stomach also becomes cold. Due to this, the food is not able to digest properly and many types of diseases start in the body, so do not eat anything for an hour of eating food. Due to this, the fire of the stomach i.e. the fire of the stomach is able to do its work comfortably and the food digests well and gives strength to the body.

In the event of indigestion, the food remains in the stomach for a long time and starts rotting. This causes gas to form and it exits the belching or other mediums. Along with this, the stomach looks heavy. Therefore, drinking water immediately after eating is similar to poison. The sages had already told this and scientists also believe it.

Water dilutes digestive juices.
From a scientific point of view, when we eat food, digestive enzymes are made in the stomach. If we drink water directly, especially in large amounts, then it dilutes digestive juices. This does not digest food properly and can cause problems like indigestion, gas and acidity.