Healthy & Nutritious Eating in Ramadan

In the excitement of ramadan, we tend to fill ourselves with fried and sugary foods that end up tiring us and making us feel bloated and gassy.

Here are some issues we commonly face:

Indigestion
Caused by excessive eating, fried, fatty and spicy foods as well as sodas. Pakoras are yummy but keep spices to a minimum, shallow fry when possible.

Constipation
Caused by eating too many processed foods and not enough fiber or water consumption. Fiber rich foods include most cereal grains, fruits and vegetables. Add frruit salad/chaat to your iftaari as a regular dish. Khajoor have excellent fiber and so do cholay, etc.

Lethargy
Due to low blood pressure which can be caused by a sudden excessive consumption of heavy starchy and fatty foods.

Headache
Caused by lack of sleep and being overly physically active. Also can be caused by caffiene deficiency. Body adjusts with time.

Muscle cramps
Due to an inadequate intake of calcium, magnesium and potassium. Take lassi, dahi, add bananas to your fruit chaat.

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Re: Healthy & Nutritious Eating in Ramadan

nice read…thanks.

hmmm headache? :hmmm: could be!

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:faizy:

i'll refrain to discuss the rest of issues but i do get headaches :( for that i often take pain killers in sehri

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Do you drink coffee chai at sehri time?

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i do take atleast 2 cups chai but still gets headaches,it's my chronic probem (may be due to lack of sleep or stress) which gets bad in ramdhan . ya allah

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Can you take a nap after zuhr? For an hour or so?

:mad: naps never helped me, thanks for yr concern , i guess i’ve to live with that:snooty:

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They don't help me either. I hear ya!

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what ? wait , u mean u too get headaches ?
if yes than how do u cope

same here :(

I just ignore them.

But I was talking about naps. They don't help either.