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Please tell me, is walking after taking food causes indigestion or related stomach problems?

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Dr. Stephen Southard answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

It can help: In fact, walking has been showed to speed up digestion and may blunt some of the blood sugar spikes after a meal. Granted, everyone is different and for you, it may create problems.

Answered 2/7/2015

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