The benefits of watching TV while eating.

Watching TV while eating seriously affects the digestion and absorption of food, which may cause the following problems:

(1) causes chronic gastrointestinal diseases. Watching TV while eating will prolong the meal time because of concentrating on watching TV programs, which will not only make the food cool, but also affect the digestion and absorption of nutrients, and even cause chronic gastrointestinal diseases after a long time.

(2) Obstructing the secretion of digestive juice. Watching TV while eating will make the brain in a state of excitement due to the strong stimulation of TV plot, which has a certain inhibitory effect on gastrointestinal peristalsis and reduces digestive juice. People need digestive juice and blood to help the gastrointestinal tract digest food when eating. Watching TV while eating, the brain also needs a lot of blood. In this way, they compete for the supply of blood. As a result, if you can't get enough blood from both sides, you can't eat well and watch TV well. You will feel dizzy after a long time.

(3) affect appetite. In addition to physiological factors, appetite can also be enhanced by external factors through conditioned reflex. People who watch TV while eating often focus on TV and ignore the taste of food, so that the appetite that has already appeared is reduced or disappeared because of the suppression of TV, and malnutrition will appear over time. Watching TV while eating, delicious food can be eaten without knowing its taste, and tableware may be put down before it is full, especially for children, which will lead to long-term malnutrition.

(4) Adverse effects on the brain. When watching TV while eating, blood will flow into the digestive organs. At this time, the brain will have insufficient blood supply and lack of oxygen, which may cause neurasthenia, headache and other diseases for a long time. Besides, eating while watching TV is still very dangerous. Because of distraction, it is easy to cause dysphagia and even inhale food into the trachea, which may be life-threatening to the elderly.