ARE YOU TOO BUSY FOR ARE YOU TOO BUSY FOR LUNCH?

ARE YOU TOO BUSY FOR ARE YOU TOO BUSY FOR LUNCH?

“Skipping breakfast is not healthy”- we all know that, right? But- what about your lunch? Most of us, especially those working stressful, extended hours at work or have jobs which involve a lot of travelling will realize how often they actually skip meals.

Skipping meals is often the most opted way to lose weight by many misinformed people. Unfortunately, the side effects of skipping meals are much more than any assumed benefits. Some consequences of regularly skipping meals include developing diabetes, inadequate nutrition, and drastically altering the way that your body digests food.

Let’s look at a few reasons why skipping any meal should not be an option for anyone, whatever the reason.

ü  Skipping a meal is unhealthy due to the effect it has on your blood sugar. When you eat a meal, your body breaks up the food. Some of this food enters your bloodstream as sugar, and works to provide you with energy throughout the day. When you skip a meal, your blood sugar drops drastically. This not only can make you feel sluggish and tired, but it can also upset the insulin in your body. If you often skip meals, you can be setting yourself up for the development of diabetes later in life.

ü  Another very important reason why skipping meals is unhealthy is that you are more than likely not receiving adequate nutrition. Eating a diet that is rich in fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and pulses/ lean meats helps not only to ensure that your body functions properly, but can also help prevention of a number of disease conditions. You may believe that you can skip meals and still achieve optimal nutrition by supplementing your diet with multivitamins. And while multivitamins do have their place, research has shown that these pills aren't as effective as real food at providing your body with what it needs. For better health, try to eat as naturally as possible.

ü  We normally skip meals because we are very busy and don't have time to pick a quick snack, or we are trying to lose weight. Thinking that skipping a meal will help reduce calorie intake can actually go against our weight loss regimen. When we eat, our metabolism works to break the food. When we skip a meal, our metabolism slows down.

ü  Skipping lunch will also result in overeating in the next meal. The next meal when you overindulge, your metabolism is not able to break the food down as quickly, and as a result the food is stored as fat. Therefore, in order to maintain a healthy weight, it is essential that you eat regularly throughout the day.

So, don’t skip your lunch or any other meal.?

“Skipping breakfast is not healthy”- we all know that, right? But- what about your lunch? Most of us, especially those working stressful, extended hours at work or have jobs which involve a lot of travelling will realize how often they actually skip meals.

Skipping meals is often the most opted way to lose weight by many misinformed people. Unfortunately, the side effects of skipping meals are much more than any assumed benefits. Some consequences of regularly skipping meals include developing diabetes, inadequate nutrition, and drastically altering the way that your body digests food.

Let’s look at a few reasons why skipping any meal should not be an option for anyone, whatever the reason.

ü  Skipping a meal is unhealthy due to the effect it has on your blood sugar. When you eat a meal, your body breaks up the food. Some of this food enters your bloodstream as sugar, and works to provide you with energy throughout the day. When you skip a meal, your blood sugar drops drastically. This not only can make you feel sluggish and tired, but it can also upset the insulin in your body. If you often skip meals, you can be setting yourself up for the development of diabetes later in life.

ü  Another very important reason why skipping meals is unhealthy is that you are more than likely not receiving adequate nutrition. Eating a diet that is rich in fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and pulses/ lean meats helps not only to ensure that your body functions properly, but can also help prevention of a number of disease conditions. You may believe that you can skip meals and still achieve optimal nutrition by supplementing your diet with multivitamins. And while multivitamins do have their place, research has shown that these pills aren't as effective as real food at providing your body with what it needs. For better health, try to eat as naturally as possible.

ü  We normally skip meals because we are very busy and don't have time to pick a quick snack, or we are trying to lose weight. Thinking that skipping a meal will help reduce calorie intake can actually go against our weight loss regimen. When we eat, our metabolism works to break the food. When we skip a meal, our metabolism slows down.

ü  Skipping lunch will also result in overeating in the next meal. The next meal when you overindulge, your metabolism is not able to break the food down as quickly, and as a result the food is stored as fat. Therefore, in order to maintain a healthy weight, it is essential that you eat regularly throughout the day.

So, don’t skip your lunch or any other meal.