The best foods for breakfast and suhoor in Ramadan

Dr. Suha Hashem Abdel-Gawad, a food and nutrition consultant at Taibah University in Saudi Arabia, said that one of the most important health guidelines in the month of Ramadan is to start eating dates at breakfast, because dates are a rich source of fiber, and breakfast should also contain a large amount of vegetables, to get Vitamins and minerals, adding that it is also important to drink fluids to compensate for what the body loses during the day, and drink sufficient quantities of water with a quantity of no less than (10 glasses of water), in addition to eating foods rich in hydrating fluids during the month of Ramadan.

She stressed the need to avoid caffeinated drinks such as coffee, tea and soft drinks, because they cause diuresis in some people, which leads to dehydration of the body, and the appropriate foods should be eaten at suhoor to provide the body with energy during fasting hours, so the suhoor meal should be Integrated to give enough energy until breakfast time.

She stated that the appropriate foods that help fasting are foods rich in complex carbohydrates such as fruits and vegetables, grains, and vegetable protein such as chickpeas and lentils, which constitute an important source of lasting energy during the day, and eating low-fat dairy products such as yoghurt and yogurt with the addition of some healthy unsaturated fats to breakfast and suhoor. Such as avocados, unroasted nuts, olives and olive oil.

She pointed out the need to avoid fried foods because they contain a lot of fat, and it is necessary to exercise an hour to an hour and a half after breakfast and pay attention to a healthy lifestyle in terms of good sleep, drinking fluids and eating healthy food.

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