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While most of us are tempted to head over to the couch to relax right after having dinner, going out for a walk instead may yield several health benefits for you. Various studies have suggested that walking after dinner can improve digestive health.

<h2>How does walking after eating improve digestion?</h2>

After we eat, our gut goes through a process known as peristalsis. It squeezes out the gut to move the food through the digestive system. This process is also responsible for removing the waste from our body.

When we do any physical movement, peristalsis can be stimulated more efficiently for moving the food across the digestive tract. It improves the contractions in the gastrointestinal muscles, which easily flushes out gas and waste from the stomach.&nbsp;

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Efficient peristalsis can help prevent and improve stomach issues like bloating and constipation, especially for people with irritable bowel syndrome.&nbsp;

Walking post-meal can help prevent bloating by accelerating movements in the gut and passing gas more easily. Bloating can also occur due to air swallowed during eating. Physical activity like walking, can help release it and make you feel comfortable.

<h2>Other benefits of walking after meals</h2>

Walking after dinner not just improves your digestive health, but also has several other health benefits. It can improve blood sugar level management for people with type 1 and 2 diabetes by preventing any spike.

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Post-meal walks can also help in regulating blood pressure and benefit those with hypertension. It can also reduce the bad cholesterol levels in the body and reduce the risk of heart disease.

Going for a walk after meals can also burn calories much faster and aid in weight loss management.

<h2>Possible risks</h2>

While walking after meals may be beneficial for most, it can also result in negative effects for some. Walking may cause an upset stomach for some people with symptoms including bloating, diarrhoea, nausea, and indigestion. It is recommended to wait for 10-15 minutes before going for a walk after meals at a slow pace.

(With inputs from agencies)

While most of us are tempted to head over to the couch to relax right after having dinner, going out for a walk instead may yield several health benefits for you.

While most of us are tempted to head over to the couch to relax right after having dinner, going out for a walk instead may yield several health benefits for you. Various studies have suggested that walking after dinner can improve digestive health. How does walking after eating improve digestion? After we eat, our gut goes through a process known as peristalsis. It squeezes out the gut to move the food through the digestive system. This process is also responsible for removing the waste from our body. When we do any physical movement, peristalsis can be stimulated more efficiently for moving the food across the digestive tract. It improves the contractions in the gastrointestinal muscles, which easily flushes out gas and waste from the stomach. Also read | Do people actually tell the truth when drunk? The answer is both yes and no Efficient peristalsis can help prevent and improve stomach issues like bloating and constipation, especially for people with irritable bowel syndrome. Walking post-meal can help prevent bloating by accelerating movements in the gut and passing gas more easily. Bloating can also occur due to air swallowed during eating. Physical activity like walking, can help release it and make you feel comfortable. Other benefits of walking after meals Walking after dinner not just improves your digestive health, but also has several other health benefits. It can improve blood sugar level management for people with type 1 and 2 diabetes by preventing any spike. Also read | What is symbiosexuality? A new sexual phenomenon forcing experts to 'rethink nature of attraction' Post-meal walks can also help in regulating blood pressure and benefit those with hypertension. It can also reduce the bad cholesterol levels in the body and reduce the risk of heart disease. Going for a walk after meals can also burn calories much faster and aid in weight loss management. Possible risks While walking after meals may be beneficial for most, it can also result in negative effects for some. Walking may cause an upset stomach for some people with symptoms including bloating, diarrhoea, nausea, and indigestion. It is recommended to wait for 10-15 minutes before going for a walk after meals at a slow pace. (With inputs from agencies)

Can walking after dinner improve your digestive health? Here's what you should know

A valuable new tool in recycling has been found. In the latest discovery, scientists have found microbes that can break down and digest plastics at low temperatures.&nbsp;

Several microorganisms that can perform this have already been found, but they usually only work at temperatures above 30 degree&nbsp;Celsius, which effectively means using them in the industrial sector would be expensive because of the additional heating cost, reported the Guardian.

Scientists from the Swiss Federal Institute WSL have found microbes that digest plastics at 15 degree&nbsp;Celsius, which could be a scientific leap in microbial recycling. Their findings have been published in the journal Frontiers in Microbiology.

Dr Joel Rüthi from WSL and colleagues sampled 19 strains of bacteria and 15 fungi varieties growing on free-lying or intentionally buried plastic kept in the ground for one year in Greenland, Svalbard and Switzerland, as per the Guardian.

They let the microbes grow as single-strain cultures in the laboratory in the dark at 15 degree&nbsp;Celsius and tested them to determine if they could digest different types of plastic.

The results showed that the bacterial strains belonged to 13 genera in the phylum actinobacteria and proteobacteria, and the fungi to 10 genera in the phylum ascomycota and mucoromycota.

The plastics tested included non-biodegradable polyethylene (PE) and the biodegradable polyester-polyurethane (PUR) as well as two commercially available biodegradable blends of polybutylene adipate terephthalate (PBAT) and polylactic acid (PLA).

None of the strains was able to digest PE, even after 126 days of incubation on these plastics. But 19 strains (56 per cent), including 11 fungi and eight bacteria, were able to digest PUR at 15 degree&nbsp;Celsius, while 14 fungi and three bacteria were able to digest the plastic blends of PBAT and PLA.

“Here we show that novel microbial taxa obtained from the ‘plastisphere’ of alpine and arctic soils were able to break down biodegradable plastics at 15C. These organisms could help to reduce the costs and environmental burden of an enzymatic recycling process for plastic.” Dr Rüthi told the Guardian.&nbsp;

He said it was astonishing that a large fraction of the tested strains were able to degrade at least one of the tested plastics.

Additionally, Dr Beat Frey, one of the study authors, explained to the Guardian, “Microbes have been shown to produce a wide variety of polymer-degrading enzymes involved in the breakdown of plant cell walls. In particular, plant-pathogenic fungi are often reported to biodegrade polyesters, because of their ability to produce cutinases, which target plastic polymers due to their resemblance to the plant polymer cutin.”

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A valuable new tool in recycling has been found. In the latest discovery, scientists have found microbes that can break down and digest plastics at low temperatures.

A valuable new tool in recycling has been found. In the latest discovery, scientists have found microbes that can break down and digest plastics at low temperatures. Several microorganisms that can perform this have already been found, but they usually only work at temperatures above 30 degree Celsius, which effectively means using them in the industrial sector would be expensive because of the additional heating cost, reported the Guardian. Scientists from the Swiss Federal Institute WSL have found microbes that digest plastics at 15 degree Celsius, which could be a scientific leap in microbial recycling. Their findings have been published in the journal Frontiers in Microbiology. Dr Joel Rüthi from WSL and colleagues sampled 19 strains of bacteria and 15 fungi varieties growing on free-lying or intentionally buried plastic kept in the ground for one year in Greenland, Svalbard and Switzerland, as per the Guardian. They let the microbes grow as single-strain cultures in the laboratory in the dark at 15 degree Celsius and tested them to determine if they could digest different types of plastic. The results showed that the bacterial strains belonged to 13 genera in the phylum actinobacteria and proteobacteria, and the fungi to 10 genera in the phylum ascomycota and mucoromycota. The plastics tested included non-biodegradable polyethylene (PE) and the biodegradable polyester-polyurethane (PUR) as well as two commercially available biodegradable blends of polybutylene adipate terephthalate (PBAT) and polylactic acid (PLA). None of the strains was able to digest PE, even after 126 days of incubation on these plastics. But 19 strains (56 per cent), including 11 fungi and eight bacteria, were able to digest PUR at 15 degree Celsius, while 14 fungi and three bacteria were able to digest the plastic blends of PBAT and PLA. “Here we show that novel microbial taxa obtained from the ‘plastisphere’ of alpine and arctic soils were able to break down biodegradable plastics at 15C. These organisms could help to reduce the costs and environmental burden of an enzymatic recycling process for plastic.” Dr Rüthi told the Guardian. He said it was astonishing that a large fraction of the tested strains were able to degrade at least one of the tested plastics. Additionally, Dr Beat Frey, one of the study authors, explained to the Guardian, “Microbes have been shown to produce a wide variety of polymer-degrading enzymes involved in the breakdown of plant cell walls. In particular, plant-pathogenic fungi are often reported to biodegrade polyesters, because of their ability to produce cutinases, which target plastic polymers due to their resemblance to the plant polymer cutin.” WATCH WION LIVE HERE:

Breakthrough in microbial recycling! Scientists discover microbes that can digest plastics at low temperatures

A new research suggests that even non-alcoholic beer could increase the diversity of gut microbes in men. Researchers from Nova University Lisbon, Portugal, asked 19 healthy adult men to drink 11 oz (325 ml) of alcoholic or non-alcoholic lager with supper every day for four weeks to better understand the impact of beer on the diversity of gut flora. The alcoholic beers contained 5.2 percent alcohol by volume.

The average age of the guys in the study was 35. They were regarded as moderate drinkers because they consumed the same amount of alcohol before the trial began on average.

The alcohol percentage of the beers was the key distinction between the alcoholic and non-alcoholic varieties that the study's authors made. The guys were instructed not to alter their eating or exercise routines throughout the trial, and they were unaware of the type of beer they were consuming.

Before and after the experiment, their gut flora was examined in blood and stool samples. The Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry reported the findings.

At the conclusion of the study, researchers discovered that the men's stomachs contained a more varied assortment of microorganisms overall, in addition to no change in weight or BMI and no new indications of heart or metabolism issues in the men's blood.

According to the authors, men also exhibited greater levels of faecal alkaline phosphatase, a marker for improved intestinal health.

The study's authors noted that additional research with more participants is required to support their findings, and that their investigation did not examine the impact of non-alcoholic beer on the variety of gut bacteria in individuals who do not typically consume alcohol.

Although earlier studies only identified advantages to non-alcoholic beer, this study is not the first to associate beer consumption with higher gut bacterial diversity. 
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A new research suggests that even non-alcoholic beer could increase the diversity of gut microbes in men. Researchers from Nova University Lisbon, Portugal, asked 19 healthy adult men to drink 11 oz (325 ml) of alcoholic or non-alcoholic lager with supper every day for four weeks to better understand the impact of beer on the diversity of gut flora.

A new research suggests that even non-alcoholic beer could increase the diversity of gut microbes in men. Researchers from Nova University Lisbon, Portugal, asked 19 healthy adult men to drink 11 oz (325 ml) of alcoholic or non-alcoholic lager with supper every day for four weeks to better understand the impact of beer on the diversity of gut flora. The alcoholic beers contained 5.2 percent alcohol by volume. The average age of the guys in the study was 35. They were regarded as moderate drinkers because they consumed the same amount of alcohol before the trial began on average. The alcohol percentage of the beers was the key distinction between the alcoholic and non-alcoholic varieties that the study's authors made. The guys were instructed not to alter their eating or exercise routines throughout the trial, and they were unaware of the type of beer they were consuming. Before and after the experiment, their gut flora was examined in blood and stool samples. The Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry reported the findings. At the conclusion of the study, researchers discovered that the men's stomachs contained a more varied assortment of microorganisms overall, in addition to no change in weight or BMI and no new indications of heart or metabolism issues in the men's blood. According to the authors, men also exhibited greater levels of faecal alkaline phosphatase, a marker for improved intestinal health. The study's authors noted that additional research with more participants is required to support their findings, and that their investigation did not examine the impact of non-alcoholic beer on the variety of gut bacteria in individuals who do not typically consume alcohol. Although earlier studies only identified advantages to non-alcoholic beer, this study is not the first to associate beer consumption with higher gut bacterial diversity. WATCH WION LIVE HERE You can now write for wionews.com and be a part of the community. Share your stories and opinions with us here.

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