
Walk After You Eat: Why a Short Walk After a Meal Pays Off
The cheapest health habit there is: walk for 2 to 15 minutes, at an easy pace, soon after you eat. Your muscles soak up the sugar from the meal, so the spike comes in lower and your body needs less insulin to handle it. Here’s what the people we follow say, what the studies found, and how to fit it in, including seated calf raises and a flight of stairs for days you can’t walk.
