Tips for Suhoor meal:
Suhoor meals should be healthy and well-balanced to provide the body with enough energy for the fasting hours. To achieve this, follow these tips:
- Make sure to eat the Suhoor meal and not miss it, especially the elderly, children, pregnant and lactating women. It is also preferable to delay it as much as possible.
- Suhoor meals should include vegetables, carbohydrates rich foods, such as: bread, preferably made from whole wheat, foods rich in protein, such as: dairy products such as unsalted cheese/yogurt/milk/or eggs.
- Avoid high sodium foods, because they increase thirst during the fasting hours, such as: sausages, processed and salted meats, olives and pickles, salty cheese, various types of ready-made biscuits, spreadable foods, and sauces, such as: mayonnaise, mustard and ketchup.
- Eat high fiber foods whole grains as much as possible, such as: oats, because slow-digesting fibers give a feeling of fullness for the longest possible period.
- Make sure to eat water-rich vegetables and fruits during Suhoor, such as: lettuce, watermelon, strawberries, oranges and pineapple.
- Limit the consumption of high fat foods, especially fatty meats, and pastries with added fats/margarine or butter.
- Avoid drinking too much water during Suhoor, because the body gets rid of all the excess water. Therefore, it is better to distribute drinking fluids throughout the period from Iftar to Suhoor.
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