Eating lying down is certainly not good, lying down when eating may affect the digestion of the gastrointestinal tract, affecting the march of food in the digestive tract. In addition, lying down to eat is also easy to choke, resulting in food into the trachea and other parts of the situation caused by choking, especially the elderly due to the decline in swallowing function, lying down to eat may lead to accidental inhalation, so that food into the lungs, resulting in aspiration pneumonia, thus causing more serious infections. Older people generally have a reduced choking reflex, so even if there is no choking phenomenon, lying down to eat is likely to aspiration pneumonia, so it is best not to lie down to eat. In addition, some people if the cardia is more relaxed, lying down to eat will also appear acid reflux, causing reflux esophagitis and other situations, so it is best not to lie down to eat.