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How can we maintain a diet on a vacation?

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Question added by Fida Abo Alrob , Sr. Copywriter , Imena Digital
Date Posted: 2013/09/30
Werd Al-Najim
by Werd Al-Najim , Associate Nutritionist and Clinical Trial Coordinator , Metabolic Medicine, Charing Cross Hospital, Imperial College London

You can have a healthy diet everywhere, whether on holiday or not, by following some of those simple tips:

  • Have whatever food available but control your portion size. 
  • Don't wait until you're hungry, have small meals throughout the day i.e5 small meals.
  • Drink plenty of water throughout the day.
  • Start your lunch and dinner with a salad. This will help you feel full and end up with a smaller portion of the main meal. 
  • If you have the option, try to opt for food options that are high in protein (chicken, meat, fish, pulses) and complex carbs (whole grains, brown bread) and low in simple carbs (white bread, white pasta, pastries) and fat. Otherwise, as said earlier just control your portion size.  
  • I know resisting the dessert while on holiday can be a little hard but if you must have one then try to share one dessert with another family member, or choose a fruit salad instead, or maybe even have one and skip it the other day etc. 

I hope you find some of those tips helpful. 

 

Nehad Mohammed Thabet
by Nehad Mohammed Thabet , Specialist , ADMA Hospital & Clinics

  • Restaurants often serve large portions, and we tend to eat more when more food is in front of us.
  • Restaurant menu items are often high in calories, fat, saturated fatcholesterol, and sodium and low in fiber.
  • At restaurants, you usually have no idea how many calories or grams of saturated fat are in the dishes you order.

Olivia Opara
by Olivia Opara , personal Assistant to the MD /secretarial functions. , Bluesteelsboulevard

Loools. Buy not wanting to eat large portion of every food you see. You can just have little so you won't lose knowing what such food taste like expecially if it's your first time of eating it.

Nader Haidar
by Nader Haidar , Official IELTS Instructor , IDP IELTS LEBANON

Maintain a what ?!! :) Did you mean hair dye?

 

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