Great post is coming. Lenten food is basically food for believers. But in our time, many fast, just paying tribute to fashion. And a natural question arises – is fasting good for everyone? That’s what we’ll talk about in this article.

Great Lent implies not so much the rejection of meat and dairy food as the rejection of sinful thoughts and deeds. The main thing is “not to eat your loved ones”. To have good soaps, a great mood, to be able to get along with people.

According to scientists, a positive attitude, avoidance of negative emotions is the prevention of diseases. Positive emotions help to be more calm, sleep better, fully relax. Great Lent has a calming effect.

Lenten menu. Benefit.

1. According to dietitians, lean nutrition is good for the functioning of the gastrointestinal tract. When switching to vegetarian food, toxins and toxins are removed from the body, and beneficial intestinal microflora is restored. Namely, there is 70% of our immunity.

2. With lean cuisine, sugar levels and cholesterol levels decrease, and excess fluid is removed.

3. In fasting, the body is cleansed, which is especially useful in the spring, since during the long winter the body is clearly overloaded with spicy and fatty foods.

4. Fasting helps you lose weight. Many people dream about it. Weight is not only an aesthetic issue. It is also an extra load on the cardiovascular and skeletal-composite systems.

5. Fasting helps make us more beautiful. Since the skin during fasting is cleansed and looks younger.

6. During fasting, the consumption of vegetables and fruits increases, which saturates us with vitamins and minerals. Remember that the most useful in this regard are frozen vegetables, fruits and berries.

Lenten menu. Harm.

1. It is harmful to enter a multi-day fast without preparation. This can lead to the opposite situation – a health disorder and nervous breakdowns due to a feeling of hunger. It is more useful to prepare for such a post in advance – during the year. Fast at least once or twice a week.

2. Fasting is not good for everyone. Lenten menu is strictly contraindicated for children, especially teenage girls during puberty. Meat is a source of valuable protein, B vitamins and iron. Protein is the building material for cells. B vitamins and iron are the functioning of the endocrine system.

3. People should refrain from fasting:

– suffering from high blood pressure,

– heart diseases,

– with stones in the gallbladder,

– with a stomach ulcer,

– patients with gastritis,

– pancreatitis and other gastrointestinal problems,

– pregnant and lactating mothers,

– Patients with diabetes.

Lenten menu. Should include:

Cereals.

Nuts.

Beans.

Peas.

Lentils.

Mushrooms.

Soya beans.

These are all excellent sources of plant-based protein. (An adult needs about 80 grams of protein daily.)

Meals should be frequent and fractional (5-6 times a day) in order to exclude sugar surges that cause hunger, and hence overeating.

Avoid all fried foods. It is best to steam, boil, stew or bake. Vegetables should be thrown into boiling water, boiled under a lid in a small amount of water. So more vitamins are preserved. Use the water from under the vegetables to make soups and sauces, cook porridge on it.

If you have fasted strictly, then you should be careful when you leave the fast. Show moderation in eating, because during fasting the body did not produce the enzymes necessary for the processing of meat food and it takes a certain time to recover.

I wish health to you and your loved ones!