March 9, 2020
Category: Weight loss
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From November 30, Advent begins, a time of waiting for the birth of Christ and the return of the sun. Currently, abstaining from saturated dishes - fasting. It has long been believed that during the Advent, evil spirits circling around, ghosts visit, and various bans have been made to keep them angry. Advent is also a time of concentration, reflection, and purification. It benefits not only the soul but also the body.
Discharge time for rural people
From ancient times, people have developed traditions that help protect the health, based on years of observation. Healthy attitudes were best reinforced by religion.
For example, Jewish and Muslim scriptures prohibit pork. In northern Christianity there is no such prohibition, for the body is much better able to store heat when it is saturated with food. Moreover, the peasant returning from the fields does not fill his belly with a vegetable mix alone.
That is why Lithuanian dishes are so rich and calorie. Still, they realized the need to change their diet for a while. This is best suited to the lousy winter when no hard work is required. During fasting, the organism is given the opportunity to purify, while at the same time thinking about spiritual things, human being on earth.
After that comes a time of merry celebration. Christmas and finally returning to the daily routine.
Distorted traditions turn against health
Often, when trying to follow old traditions, we begin to perceive them distorted. Suppose we are able to overeat on the last day of fasting - Christmas Eve. And during St. At Christmas, we make more of our fatty foods and sweets.
Yes, in the past, Lithuanians also tasted all twelve meals, but it was a sacred act, a family ritual, food was another means of connecting with the ancestral ghost of Annapilin, of strengthening living family members: bread, wheat, oatmeal - part of father, farmer. ; sauerkraut, borscht, vegetables - housewives, mothers; mushrooms, nuts, berries - part of children and grandparents for the Christmas Eve table. So food was not merely a carnal joy.
Well, during St. At Christmas, Lithuanians were visiting their neighbors, playing mobile games, singing and dancing, crammed with meat and pies.
Even if you were honest about fasting, did not overeat, do not think you can relax afterward. An organism accustomed to a smaller amount of food is more difficult to cope with higher food abundance.
If the body feels hungry several times, it will try to build up fat stores the next time, and - paradoxically - overweight can increase even more.
How to resist temptation?
Understandably, it is difficult to hold back without having your belly clogged when your eyes see the full table. Therefore, on Christmas Eve and St. You need to drink plenty of fluids at Christmas.
Chew food fast and many times. Then, when you feel fuller, saliva breaks down more food before it reaches your stomach.
If you are overeating, drink mineral water, and if you feel your stomach is no longer able to handle the fatigue, take a digestive aid.
Food must always be sufficient
One needs to eat five groups of food every day: cereals and bread, vegetables, fruits, milk and dairy products, meat and meat products, fish. Since we do not eat milk and meat during the Advent and Christmas Eve dinner, we need to replace them with the appropriate amount of soy, beans, nuts.
Products and quantities per day:
Cereals and bread products:
a slice of bread, 30 grams of flakes, half a glass of rice, as much porridge.
Vegetables:
half a glass of fresh and one glass of leafy vegetables, one potato and half a glass of cooked vegetables.
Fruits:
a glass of juice, half a glass of raw, cooked or canned fruit, apple, peach, grapefruit.
100-200 g fish.
One should drink a glass of milk during fasting,
eat the same amount of yogurt, 60 g of rennet cheese, one egg, 60-100 g of lean chicken and the same amount of other meat. Instead, eat about 200 grams of soy meat, a glass of beans, and the same amount of nuts as you fast.