World Health Day 2024: Experts Reveal Healthy Dietary Patterns
With the sedentary lifestyle in today’s times, the risks of chronic illnesses have expeditiously increased. To maintain a healthy life, this World Health Day, why don’t you vow to shift to healthy dietary patterns as advised by the experts?
In the modern world, where everyone is busy earning big bucks and sticking to their desk jobs for most of the day, the sedentary lifestyle has opened the gates to many chronic illnesses. However, to help people across the globe realize the importance of good health and shooting high rates of conditions like heart attacks and diabetes, World Health Day is observed.
Every year, on 7th April, the World Health Organization (WHO) observes World Health Day and organizes international and regional events to raise awareness. In the same light, Slurrp conducted an exclusive interview with Abhilasha Sharma, a nutritionist and lifestyle coach. Abhilasha has revealed some exciting dietary patterns that you should follow for a long and disease-free life.
What’s The First Thing To Have After Waking Up?
While most people focus on cutting down on carbs and increasing their protein content, they forget that a healthy lifestyle starts right after they wake up. “After a healthy sleep of about seven hours, your body is in a state of dehydration, and you should break your fast with a glass of water,” says Abhilasha Sharma.
She further states the importance of applying the concept of “Fat First” into your daily life. This means that you should start your day with a source of good fats like almonds, walnuts, or some ghee/butter in black coffee. Since your body is in a state of hypoglycemia (low blood sugar level) after waking up, healthy fats help to regulate the sugar levels and keep you full, which then helps to avoid munching on junk food later in the day.
How Heavy The Breakfast Should Be?
Contradictory to the old belief that your breakfasts should be the heaviest meal of the day, the nutritionist corrects the myth that all you need to do is balance your meals. Having a heavy breakfast and skipping lunch or dinner is not a healthy approach. Abhilasha says, “People feel like skipping meals will help them lose weight faster, but this approach is not healthy in the long run. The metabolism of the body slows down when you don’t eat a meal as per the body’s clock, and your weight a
