Three meals a day makes us the most common diet, this method can ensure that the normal eating time every day, but also more able to grasp the amount of food each time, each meal will not be too long between meals, each meal will not eat too much, it is a low-risk dietary weight loss methods. If each meal can control the amount of food, and can ensure a regular routine, the slimming effect is good.
Historical origin:
Before the Song Dynasty, the common people ate only two meals a day, only four meals for the royal family and three meals for the vassals. In the Western Han Dynasty, the imperial decree given to the renegade and exiled King of Huainan specifically stated, 'Reduce three meals a day to two'.
This is attributed to the economic prosperity of the Song Dynasty, in addition to the wine shop is no longer as the Tang Dynasty is bound in the middle of the marketplace, the night market at night does not impose a curfew, the evening nightlife is rich, so only add a dinner.
Extended information
Three meals a day diet schedule
7:30 breakfast can not be saved. A good breakfast should contain cereals, dairy, meat, soy products, fruits and vegetables. In addition, breakfast should not eat spicy stimulating food, so as not to damage the gastric mucosa in the fasting state. The speed of eating should not be too fast, if time permits, it can last 20 to 30 minutes.
10:00 Get up and take a walk. Put down the hands of work, take a short break, do some simple body relaxation exercise, help breakfast digestion. By the way, drink some water or eat some fruit, you can replenish water and vitamins, dilute blood, promote blood circulation and metabolic waste discharge.
11:30 lunch supplement protein. Lunch should pay attention to supplement high-quality protein, such as lean meat, fish, soy products. In winter, you can drink some soup before lunch, because in the case of relatively dry food and insufficient salivary secretion, a moderate amount of soup is beneficial to digestion and absorption.
13:00 snooze to help digestion. If there is time it is best to take a nap, as long as half an hour, you can let the brain rest, more points in the circulation of blood to supply the gastrointestinal tract to promote the digestion and absorption of nutrients. But it is best not to lie on the table nap, so as not to oppress the abdomen, resulting in gastrointestinal flatulence.
17:30 dinner should be light. The amount of food to seven points of satiety is good, and pay attention to supplement the miscellaneous food and fresh vegetables. Because the night sleep center jumps and blood circulation are slower than during the day, gastrointestinal movement will also slow down, miscellaneous grains and vegetables can not only prevent high blood fat, but also increase vitamin intake, promote gastrointestinal peristalsis, prevent constipation.
19:00 walk to prevent cold. Try not to lie down or sit for a long time after meals, you can take a walk, do exercise, but should pay attention to, half an hour after the meal is best not to do strenuous exercise. In addition, because the stomach is close to the abdominal wall, only a small amount of muscle and fat, etc. in the peripheral package, easy to get cold. Therefore, when you go out for a walk and exercise in winter, you must do a good job of keeping warm and protect your waist and abdomen during exercise.