Christmas is a time that many of you take advantage of to travel and in which most of us get out of that routine that has accompanied us in recent months, even if it is only for a few days. Our usual activities are replaced by others and meal times they are hopelessly altered.
It doesn't just happen this time of year. In general, when we enjoy our vacations, the schedules are alternated because we give priority to other things. A fact that if it lasts over time can cause us some problems or annoyances. And it is that when we do not respect meal times our body, in one way or another, tends to protest.
Benefits of the meal routine
Distributing the three main meals throughout the day is something that we do instinctively in our day to day. Breakfast, lunch and dinner have a place in our daily routine and this is how we allow the body to carry out the digestion processes in order to take advantage of its nutrients.
Sitting down to eat in a relaxed way, chewing correctly and taking care of the timing is essential when it comes to following correct eating habits. In fact, the health benefits of these are proven; both our performance, our weight and even cardiac function are benefited. Respecting meal times helps, helps…
- Maintain metabolic order. Eating every day at the same time allows our body to anticipate and be prepared for all the processes it must carry out. Yes, he likes routines, he works better with them. And these help keep the metabolism in perfect condition and active.
- Keep in weight. How can the order of meals influence weight maintenance? Delaying a meal and arriving at it hungry will lead us not only to eat much more, but also to do it much faster. Skipping meal times thus frequently contributes to certain disorders such as increased accumulation of fat in the body, and thus overweight.
- Prevent against numerous disorders to our organism. We are talking, for example, about diabetes and some cardiovascular diseases. When we do not respect meals or pay attention to what we put in our mouths, assimilation is not always desired and adequate for the proper functioning of our body.
- improve sleep. It does not improve it so much to respect the schedules as that these are adequate. We explain ourselves. Eating late at night is not only bad for metabolism but also affects sleep. When eating, the body temperature rises, because blood is concentrated in the intestine to digest and absorb nutrients. This prevents us from having a sound sleep. That is why it is recommended to have dinner at least three hours before going to bed, as we explain below.
Set schedules
have you never established schedules for your meals? Do you eat and dine at different times every day? There are circumstances that make it difficult for us to establish a routine, but if that is not the case, do it! Your body will benefit from it.
Do you need some keys to create a good meal routine? Start by setting the breakfast time. What time do you usually have breakfast? Experts claim that the feeding window ideal is one that covers 10 to 12 hours. What does it mean? That if, for example, you have breakfast at 8:XNUMX in the morning, the ideal would be to have dinner no later than XNUMX:XNUMX in the evening (always, at least, three hours before going to bed) and distribute the meals evenly in that strip.
Set a schedule, relatively flexibleIt contributes to our body working better, but also to making it more difficult to skip meals. And it is that giving priority to these over other things helps us to be more formal. Obviously, not everything depends on meal times, but you should also watch what you eat for these benefits to be real.