Best Snacks & Meals For Overnight Workers
Why Proper Meal Is Must For Overnight Workers?
Samantha is by professional one nurse! A conversation with her at train she told me, “I am a nurse and I have to work the night shift. I am overweight now! And I always struggle to find time to work out. I am usually tired from being on my feet all night at work and have trouble finding the motivation for my shift! ”
This is one general feedback to those who had a night shift in their job. Especially in the IT sector, people hardly had a day shift! Many research and recent trends already indicate that those who are having night shift are more prone to be overweight. This is not a specific reason for remaining awake at night. This is maybe due to improper food intake, lack of physical activity and a tendency to eat more.
As these particular people daytime and work at night with the computer and desk, they have minimal physical activities, which ultimately leads to their overweight tendency! They are most fond of junk foods, as they are readily available at stuff canteen, caffeine and even alcohol or soft beverages. Smoking is another bad habit persisting among them. It used to be disbelieved by them that, these all sorts of food intake and bad habits help them to remain awake during the night!
Smoking reduces their working capacity as well!
People sometimes do some very wrong steps to be healthy or to reduce weight. They sometimes skip a meal, less likely to eat throughout the day. This is to get rid of the weight burden and fear of having workout or exercise.
Instead of finding a solution, they become more at risk of heart disease, gastritis, and other physiological problems. Weight gain is typical still in that condition!
So, how to deal with it, what can be the alternative eating practice to follow?
7 Tips For Healthy Eating During Night Shift
Here are some tips to remain healthy and eat healthy during the night shift:
1. Always choose healthy cooked food than roadside junkies.
2. Always take homemade foods, even canteen also supply a fresh meal. Follow the path and try to make those options of taking a proper diet. Prepared food from home would be the best above all choices!
3. If you have that homemade food, then take it with three different time or less but don’t eat a large at once due to a shortage of time. Counsel yourself to do some management to have those breaks from your work and try to eat a small meal at a time.
4. Any large meal may aggravate your sleeping tendency, so a small one is good. At the same time, a large meal at a time and long-time fasting will indicate your body to store more food as fat, which will increase your weight day by day.
5. Drinking Coffee and energy drink is the biggest killer of your health. Replace them with natural foods. What about having one apple, one banana to take. The serotonin of banana may help you awake.
6. Instead of sitting down continuously, why not go out and take a walk at the parking lot. This will make you at least a little bit active!
7. Still, you love snacks and willing to eat during your work time, then prepare them at home and eat during your different mealtime. Homemade Sandwiches, Egg Toast, Homemade Pakora, Potato sticks, etc. Try out some from the internet. I am sure it will also increase your cooking skill and interests. Be healthy!
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I hope you guys now understood the importance of proper meal during the night shift, what you have to avoid and what not, everything is now clear to you. Still, if you have any doubts regarding proper meal or other than it. Please drop your comments and lets us know.
