Walking slowly after eating does not usually lead to bloating, but need to walk slowly at least 10 minutes after meals to avoid discomfort.
Walking after meals should be slow, walk one or two hundred steps to take a break, the speed should be controlled at about 30 steps / minute, which helps to promote gastrointestinal peristalsis, promote the spleen and stomach transportation.
If you walk immediately after meals, or step too fast or strenuous exercise, easy to cause indigestion, bloating, gastroptosis.
Chinese medicine has “to move to help the spleen,” the concept of health, that is, walking after meals is conducive to the spleen and stomach transportation, promote digestion.
But “after meals” does not mean that immediately after meals walk, should rest ≥ 10 minutes before exercise, if the intake of too full to extend the rest time, and 30 minutes after meals should not be strenuous exercise.
So, walking slowly after meals should not cause gastric distension, but it is best to rest for about half an hour after meals and then exercise.