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Maintaining a long and strict fast is a difficult test, and very often, through ignorance or impatience, it ends in an even greater test – unhealthy digestion.
For a long 7 weeks, the body begins to need meat and fish, even though the enzymes needed to break down such food are produced in much smaller quantities. Therefore, leaving the post is not easy, and in order to avoid disastrous consequences, some rules should be considered.
Do not hurry
Of course, the Easter table will be bursting with treats and festive dishes. Some Easter cakes are worth something! Food consecrated in the church must be eaten, and this thought, for sure, will not give you rest. But do not forget that the festive Easter week is ahead, during which you will have the opportunity to eat everything and more. And on Sunday, start small, chewing well and moving a lot after eating.
It is very easy to overload the digestive system, especially with multicomponent meals. Getting out of long diets and fasting is just the case when variety is only harmful. At this stage, do not combine food in one plate, do not mix salads, and limit yourself to one dish at a time.
Listen to your body
Long-term fasting will play into your hands when you gradually begin to add to your diet previously familiar foods. You can reliably be sure how a particular dish affects the body, what negative or positive reactions it causes. And if there is discomfort from the gastrointestinal tract, then you can safely refuse the product and replace it with one that is well digested by your body.
Take enzymes
Since your own enzymes have managed to “thin out” and cannot cope with fatty foods and large amounts of food in general, it will not be superfluous to take preparations containing ready-made enzymes on holidays.
Dairy products come first
Milk protein is much easier to digest than meat or fish proteins, so start supplementing your diet with dairy products, preferably low-fat ones. Eggs are also hard to digest, so limit yourself to one consecrated egg on Easter Sunday.
And then – the fish
After the introduction of dairy products and eggs into the diet, you can try low-fat varieties of fish, cooked without adding oil – stewed, baked. The fat that the fish itself contains is very useful for the body, and the structure of the meat is such that it makes it easier for the stomach to digest than meat.
Be sure to include herbs in your diet
Herbs and spices have properties that can improve the work of the gastrointestinal tract, enhance the secretion of bile and enzymes for digestion. It is not for nothing that herbs – the strength of the earth – are credited with healing properties. And food cooked with spices is much tastier.
If alcohol, then just a little
Alcohol in moderate doses stimulates digestion and helps the digestion of heavy foods, but at the same time alcohol stimulates the appetite and can poison the body with toxins. Only a little red wine on the holiday will be appropriate.
Recall that earlier we talked about what types of Easter eggs are