JAKARTA - At the moment of breaking the fast, many people consume excessive food because they feel hungry after fasting all day. However, it should be noted that this habit is not good for the health of the body.
Breaking the fast with excessive food consumption can cause digestive disorders such as bloating and nausea, a drastic spike in blood sugar, and weight gain.
To avoid these health risks, it is very important to fast mindfully or consciously and attentively. Mindful will help to choose nutritious food and control its intake well.
Founder & Coach SANA Studio, Laila Munaf, the way to be mindful during fasting is to choose and consume foods that the body really needs at that moment. You also have to think about loving your own body to be healthier, so you don't eat with a hangover when breaking the fast.
"Thinking about me loving my body, I know what my body needs. So eat what the body needs first," said Laila Munaf.
During the fasting, the body needs enough water intake and food that can restore energy well. One of them is by consuming some dates.
Breaking the fast with mindfulness does not mean that you cannot consume the desired food. You can still consume foods such as fried foods, but after consuming healthy foods that the body needs, so that the body is no longer too hungry which can make fried foods excessive.
"If you break the fast, eat what your body needs first, then I take one fried. It's not that you can't," he said.
In order to eat more mindfully, it is also recommended not to use a mobile phone or tablet. It is better to focus on the food consumed so that you know more about what you are consuming and the eating process is more meaningful.
"Put away your gadget when you eat. Because, are you aware that we usually scroll, it's called doom scrolling. Then we forget, we were originally looking for something. We don't even know what we ate. The body doesn't know what to eat or what to do," he explained.
"But if we are mindful in whatever we do, whether it's eating, whether it's moving, whether it's working, it seems to be more meaningful," concluded Laila Munaf.
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