Released another myth Swimming immediately after a meal is not more dangerous to life than swimming two hours after it or even generally hungry. This is the acting Health Minister Ulyana Suprun wrote on the Facebook page.

"At the height of the summer, we began to ask - is it a myth that swimming immediately after eating is strictly prohibited? After all, it is widely believed that if you run swimming right after a good dinner you can even drown. In fact, not everything is so scary. Swimming right after meals is not more dangerous for life than swimming two hours after it or even hungry, "reads the message.

Suprun noted that during digestion, the body directs blood to the stomach, thereby reducing blood flow to the active muscles.

"However, we still have enough blood in the body so that it does not interfere with the functioning of the whole organism at the proper level," she wrote..

At the same time, Suprun cautions that the peculiarities of the digestive process should be taken into account all the same. "During swimming, as well as during sports, food that has not been completely digested can make itself felt. Nausea and unpleasant sensations in the abdomen. With such feelings of discomfort, there is a risk of getting much less pleasure from activity in the water. Therefore, it is better to wait 1.5-2 hours, "she said.. Minister of Health.

In this Suprun adds that swimming after drinking alcohol is very dangerous.

"WHO notes that drunken driving is one of the leading causes leading to tragic consequences on the water among adults. In addition, children may suffer from this. They need constant care in the water or even the presence of some of the adults near. Because of alcohol, you can lose vigilance and self-control, and thereby endanger your life and the lives of children, "stressed Uliana Suprun.

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