Metabolic Health
Explainer
Walking after a meal can reduce the rise in blood sugar, but timing may matter. Research suggests that starting relatively soon after eating is useful, although there is no scientifically proven perfect minute.
Practical takeaway:
Walking after eating can reduce the postmeal rise in blood glucose.
The evidence does not identify one perfect starting minute.
Clinical studies have found benefits when walking begins anywhere from approximately 5 to 30 minutes after eating.
A practical approach is therefore simple:
Start relatively soon after the meal and walk for about 10 to 15 minutes.
The bigger metabolic mistake is probably not whether you start at minute 10 or minute 20.
It is finishing a meal and then remaining sedentary for the next several hours.
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