Editor: Chinese Food Network Mobile site
The latest nutritional survey results indicate that people with the habit of having afternoon tea tend to be slimmer!Afternoon tea is often driven by hunger and serves as a genuine mini-meal; it differs from snacks consumed to relieve boredom or merely for pleasure.The calories in snacks are stored within the body, whereas afternoon tea, like other main meals, uses some of its calories for bodily consumption.Following the nutritional cycle chart (in line with biological rhythms), the most beneficial eating pattern isBreakfastmost abundant, followed by lunch being moderate and dinner being light to maintain a proportional relationship between food intake and energy expenditure (especially from physical activities).
Thus, the principle of consumption for afternoon tea and main meals is exactly the same.It can help us sustain our energy until evening, allowing for a lighter dinner.The condition is that afternoon tea must be balanced like a main meal; salty or sweet can be chosen according to personal preference.
The principle of afternoon tea still involves selecting 2 to 3 complementary foods to ensure nutritional balance.For example, a grain food (biscuit,bread,yogurt, whitecheese...
) paired with a dairy product (or seasonal fruit, of course also with drinks, preferably water in various forms (mineral water, flavored water, clear tea...))You usually do 1-2 workouts per week or swim between 7 and 8:30 PM to maintain your figure; that's great!However, the best way to prevent fatigue caused by low blood sugar -- especially if lunch was eaten too early -- is to have afternoon tea between 4 and 5 PM.
In fact, muscles consume a lot of energy during exercise.Carbohydrates and fats are the two main sources of this power.While carbohydrates are stored in the form of glycogen in muscles and liver, fat is stored in adipose tissue.If short-term intense exercise draws on glycogen stores, long-duration exercise (over 45 minutes) relies on energy released from fat cells.It should be noted that glycogen stores begin to decrease one hour after the start of exercise, reaching their limit three hours later regardless of the type of activity.Thus, pre-exercise snacks to replenish sugar are necessary: choose foods like (”jam,cookies, spiced honey bread, grain energy bars, dried fruits and