According to the principles of healthy eating, a person needs 5 meals a day, three main ones, that is, breakfast, lunch and dinner, and two snacks between them. While going to work or school, some people take fruits, healthy sandwiches or nuts from home, while others buy cakes and hamburgers along the way for a bite to eat before lunch. The result of such snacks will be not only weight gain, but also undermined health, since the work of all organs of the digestive system is disrupted.
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In order not to harm the body, and even improve its condition, you must follow a few simple rules and recommendations. Declare war on high-calorie snacks. He had a bite to eat and a bite to slightly satisfy his hunger, and not a full meal. The calorie content of a snack should not exceed 130 calories. Eating fatty and sugary foods will lead to obesity over time, but that's not all. Foods high in fats and sugars do huge damage to the liver, stomach, pancreas, and intestines. As a snack, it is better to choose dried fruits, nuts and one fruit. Exceptions may be birthdays, holidays of relatives or friends.
When to eat?
For people with a standard work schedule, the first snack should fall at about 12:00, it is at this time that the amount of glucose in the body drops sharply, the body requires sugar, and ultimately we go for the cake. The second snack is essentially an afternoon snack, which falls around 5 p.m. Having a snack at this time, you can protect yourself from eating everything in a row upon arrival home.
What to do if you cannot refuse high-calorie foods?
The answer to this question is quite simple. You can try to buy a glass of sweet yogurt or cottage cheese and eat it with a fork, or the usual usual food, but there is already exclusively with your left hand, this is true for right-handed people. Eating quickly in such conditions will not work and the brain will have time to send a signal of satiety to the stomach.