Best Suhoor Foods for a Healthy Ramadan
What are the Best Foods for Suhoor?
People often shed light and give importance to breakfast during Ramadan; But what about Suhoor meal?
Is it not the same breakfast value, or a little less than it? Suhoor is of great importance for fasting people, as it is equivalent to the necessary and important breakfast. It also gives the body energy and strength to work and endure the hardship of fasting the next day. What means the following simple equation: healthy suhoor… healthy and safe fasting.
What are the Best Foods for Suhoor?
According to the Saudi newspaper "Al-Sharq Al-Awsat", there are healthy and balanced foods that contain most of the nutrients your body needs during fasting, to work and maintain activity and focus.
These foods revolve around the following options:
- Bean: It is a legume rich in fiber that enhances the feeling of hunger and fights the hunger of the day during fasting. You can boil and mix it with cumin, salt, lemon, and garlic, and eat it with brown bread next to some vegetables. You can also eat it with fried eggs to increase the amount of protein during the suhoor meal.
- Brown Bread: the reserve of every table, the bread is indispensable in most of our meals, especially suhoor. It is always preferable to replace white bread with brown, as it is a complex carbohydrate that requires longer to digest, which means reducing the feeling of satiety. Also, brown bread is rich in vitamin B1, and fibers known for their great ability to enhance satiety and keep water inside the body for a long time.
- Eggs: When we say protein, eggs are the first to think of the mind. Eggs contain a high percentage of proteins that enhance the activity of the body. For a healthy and integrated meal with simple calories, try mixing eggs with spinach and feta cheese and fry them with a little olive oil, then eat it with brown bread. Believe me, this recipe is great, I tried it myself and found it perfect for breakfast and suhoor.
- Banana Bread: You can either prepare the baking banana and bake in the oven, or eat a banana with brown bread and add a little honey and nuts to get a healthy and integrated meal on the suhoor. There is no harm in completing this nutritious meal with a cup of cold milk if you want.
- Oats with Fruits: Always preferred meal on suhoor, I eat it with a little flaxseed and chia after mixing oats with milk and a little protein-rich Greek yogurt. You can prepare this recipe a day or several hours before eating it, and you will get a delicious and nourishing dish at the same time.
- Fruit Salad: We do not need to remind you, my dear, that fasting for long hours during the day without food or drink may lose you a lot of vitamins and minerals. So you need to make up for this deficiency through food, and is there better fruits to achieve this? What we advise you is the fruits rich in water, such as watermelon and pineapple, provided that there is no propagation.
- Dates: Many do not like to eat dates for suhoor, but they are preferred to eat at least. You can eat 3 dates with a cup of milk on suhoor, and there is no harm in adding a little nuts to increase the benefit and nutritional value of this simple meal, which will provide you with the necessary energy during the fasting period.
The Worst Foods for Suhoor in Ramadan
On the other hand, a group of foods is the least said to be "bad" for suhoor meal.
Why is bad? Because it is burdened with fats and sugars, it raises sugar and quickly reduces it, which increases the feeling of hunger during the days of fasting; In addition, it causes indigestion and bloating, and ultimately leads to increased obesity.
What about Drinks on the Suhoor Meal?
naturally; Suhoor meal can not be completed without fluids, on top of which is the water that is truly the best and most healthy drinks ever. But my warning, experts say; A lot of drinking water during suhoor may make you fill you for entering the bathroom throughout the night, and they are deprived of a good sleep, as well as during the day.
So start by dividing the amount of water to be taken every day (2-3 liters) between breakfast and suhoor, to ensure moisture and not feeling thirsty the next day.
Conclusion
My dear, you should pay suhoor meal as much as you do with breakfast, and others of your diets throughout the year. The goal is to provide the body with its need from a healthy food that maintains strength and activity, prevents lethargy and laziness, and prevents fatigue, indigestion, and insomnia.
We advise you to consult your own doctor about the good options that we mentioned above, as well as inquiring about the harmful harm of other foods, in order to fast in a healthy way that guarantees you to enjoy your health as you benefit from the health, psychological, and spiritual benefits of fasting.