Dietitian Gökçen Efe Aydın talked about the benefits of fasting in connection with the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan.
Publika.az Referring to the Turkish media, it is reported that the expert also explained the rules of fasting without harming the body.
“A person who doesn’t get up and eat at Sahur takes 20 hours of hunger. Being hungry for 20 hours can lead to serious health problems. Sahur must be done on time and cannot be missed.
Those fasting during Ramadan should start their iftar with light meals, low-fat meat and vegetable dishes, as well as salads are recommended. It would be better to prefer fibrous foods such as bulgur, whole wheat bread or whole wheat pasta instead of foods with a high glycemic index, such as white bread and pilaf, which provide energy, but quickly increase the amount of sugar in the blood.
Sahur is the most important meal that prepares a person for fasting. Some people, for good reasons, prefer to eat and sleep a little later than to get up at sahur. But this is a wrong move. Because there is not much difference in terms of duration between eating and sleeping and skipping sahur. In both cases, we prolong our hunger. That’s why we have to get up at sahur. The food we eat at sahur will keep us full throughout the day and minimize the need for water,” the doctor said.
The dietician noted that if we don’t wake up for sahur, the amount of sugar in the blood drops, the digestive system becomes heavy, excess gas accumulates in the stomach and intestines, sudden pressure jumps, and health problems such as dehydration of the body can seriously disturb us. A person who eats once a day will be hungry almost the whole day.
Expert Dietitian Yeşim Nurdan Ozkorucuuklu said that it is necessary to pay attention to the nutrition plan during Ramadan. Ozkorucuuklu advised fasting people to reduce the number of meals to 3 or 2 times:
“Since it is necessary to wake up at night for the suhoor meal, most people skip it and the number of meals decreases even more. There is hunger that lasts for about 12-14 hours. Every iftar meal begins with heavy meals. Sweets are also preferred after the iftar, but the body’s need for water is not remembered. .
In order for fasting to be beneficial to our body and to stay in shape, we need to create a balance in our diet. Between iftar and suhoor, we can meet the daily water requirement. Suhoor should not be skipped in order to avoid some problems such as low blood sugar, feeling more hungry, fatigue, decrease in work performance, anxiety and nervousness that may arise from prolonged hunger.
Aytan Maftun
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