Now, you might be wondering if we’re encouraging you to walk for 10 minutes in a bid to make it more doable. While we’re all for making exercise as inclusive and accessible as possible, there really are specific benefits to walking for 10-minutes rather than 45 or an hour.

Intense exercise after eating can make you feel ill

It’s not a good idea to do any intense exercise for two hours after eating – and that includes doing large volumes. Dr Anna Forbes, an integrative medical doctor, tells Strong Women: “It is important to note that speed-walking or more vigorous exercise is not recommended straight after eating as this can interfere with digestion, hence we say that we need to ‘rest and digest’.

The science tells us that 10 minutes is enough to lower blood sugar

Dr Forbs continues: “The walk should ideally be within an hour and a half of eating to derive the benefits to the blood sugar level. The research suggests that an optimal duration of time to walk after eating is 10-15 minutes, but even a few minutes confers significant benefit.”

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