What to eat before swimming

Swimming is a very popular sport in modern life. It brings great fun to people's lives and has a very good effect of exercising the body. However, there are many things to pay attention to when swimming. If you don't take some preventive measures, it is easy to have accidents during swimming. The diet before swimming is the most important aspect to pay attention to. Let’s take a look at what is better to eat before swimming?

First of all, don’t swim on an empty stomach. If you don't eat, the lack of sugar reserves in the body during swimming will cause hypoglycemia, which will not only make you lack physical strength, but also affect the brain's energy supply. In severe cases, you may even faint, which is very dangerous in the water and may even lead to drowning and endanger your life. The principle of eating before swimming is: choose small, easily digestible and high-energy food, and eat at least 1 hour before swimming. Because after eating, the blood in the whole body will flow to the stomach to help digestion. If you go swimming at this time, the blood in the whole body will be forced to flow to the limbs, so that the blood supply to the stomach will be less, and the food you eat cannot be well digested, so the stomach will feel uncomfortable.

1. Water

After a whole night of metabolism, a lot of water has been lost in the body. If you do morning exercises, you will continue to lose water. Therefore, it is best to drink 150ml of water before morning exercise. Especially for people with high blood pressure and high blood lipids, if they lack water, the viscosity of the blood will be higher after sweating, which will be harmful to their health.

People with normal blood sugar levels can also drink a glass of honey water to replenish sugar and there is no need to eat other foods. It is better for diabetic patients to drink boiled water.

2. Banana

Bananas are very easy to digest food and have a high calorie content among fruits. They can quickly provide energy to the body and prevent fainting during exercise, so eating a banana before morning exercise is an excellent choice.

3. White rice porridge

Rice contains a high amount of starch and is easy to digest when cooked into a thin white rice porridge, making it especially suitable for eating before morning exercises. Because white rice porridge contains more water, you can reduce your water intake appropriately to avoid bloating after drinking a bowl of porridge, which will affect your subsequent morning exercise. You can drink 100ml of water and eat a small bowl of porridge.