Why Fasting Make Drowsiness on Daytime

Read this article to find out the cause and solution!

You experience a sense of irresistible sleepiness during fasting? It's natural. However, usually you can drink coffee to boost energy. But, what should be done to overcome this condition when fasting? Read this article to find out the cause and solution!

According to dr. Samuel Oetoro, nutritionists, kantik cause of great taste while fasting is due to the low intake of iron in the body. "This may happen if you are ignoring the nutritive quality of food during fasting," he said.
To anticipate this, Dr. Samuel suggested, should be lots of eating foods rich in iron, such as tempeh, oncom, nuts, dried anchovy, green leafy vegetables. And also liver and meat.

Thus, fruits and vegetables should not be forgotten during dawn and sunset. Useful addition for dessert, fresh fruit rich in vitamin C that can stimulate the effectiveness of iron absorption. Such as guava, papaya, orange, mango, pineapple.

And, to maintain stamina, dr. Samuel also recommended, "Eat the white water in sufficient quantities. When fasting the body more sensitive to water shortage than by lack of food."

Drinking water at dawn he could, but not to create a glut. By drinking sufficient water to prevent shortages of body fluids (dehydration), so the body can stay fresh. Limit foods, sweet drinks at dawn because the sugar will only waste energy supplies. Sugar only makes us a fresh moment, but after that the body will soon wither.

During dinner this long drinking water supplies should also be noted. In order to perform routine daily activities, each person spends an average of 2000 calories. To replace every 1 calorie of energy required 1 ml of water intake. Thus, from now on break until dawn we should drink at least 2000 to 2500 ml (1 cup = 250 ml), so that the body remains fresh throughout the day.