Is It Recommend To Drink Water Immediately After A Meal?

Posted on Fri, 4 Oct 2013

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Question : Hi,

I have a general query on drinking water after a meal. Would you recommend drinking water immediately after a meal or should there be a gap. Please share your input on merits and demerits of the same.

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Answered by Dr. Dinesh Kumar Singal (12 hours later)

Brief Answer:
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Detailed Answer:
Dear XXXXXXX

Thanks for contacting Healthcare Magic.

Medically speaking it does not matters whether you drink water immediately after meals or after a gap. Since stomach has limited space, if you drink water immediately after meals, you may be able to drink only a limited amount of water. Also people who have gastro-esophageal reflux disease may have problem if the drink immediately after meals, since reflux will increase due to filling of stomach.

Best wishes,

Dr Dinesh Singal

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar