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Learn MoreThe Antidote for a High-Fat Meal?
What should you do after you’ve polished off a high-fat meal?
Wait an hour or two, then get a little exercise, and you can reverse the potential damage to your arteries, a new study suggests.
That’s right — and not ‘sweaty’ exercise: more along the lines of taking a walk or two around the block.
After a fatty meal, arteries lose their ability to expand in response to an increase in blood flow. The effect peaks four to six hours after eating — usually just in time for your next meal. So, four hours after a fatty meal, your arteries look like those of a person with heart disease.
But moderate exercise should help counteract the effects of a fatty meal… a good thing to keep in mind, now that the holiday season is coming up…
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