Drinking water right after a meal, generally a small amount of water will not affect the function of the stomach, if you drink a lot of water may affect the function of the stomach, not good for the stomach.
If you drink a small amount of water to clean up your mouth after a meal, it is generally fine and will not affect your stomach’s digestive function. If it is a cup or more, it may affect stomach digestion.
If you drink more water, it may burden the intestines so that the food cannot be digested and absorbed well. At the same time, it will dilute the gastric juice, so that the stomach’s ability to digest food with gastric acid will be weakened, and it will also reduce the ability of gastric acid to sterilize the stomach, resulting in gastrointestinal dysfunction.
In addition, after people eat, the food has occupied most of the space in the stomach, if you drink a lot of water, it will hold up the stomach, making people feel bloated, and in serious cases, it will make the stomach prolapse or dilatation, affecting health. So drinking too much water right after a meal is not good for the stomach.
If stomach bloating, stomach pain, diarrhea and other discomforts occur after drinking too much water after a meal, it is recommended to go to the hospital as soon as possible, and give relevant measures with the help of the doctor.