Article Ramadan - Benefits of Drinking Water When Sahur
You must have known that water is beneficial to the health of the body. Until you try to get used to drinking water in the morning, keeping water intake throughout the day, and avoid carbonated or colored drinks. But, how fast time, huh?
During the fasting month like today, you can actually keep that good habit. First of all, you have to wake up early morning than usual. Maybe about 1-1.5 hours before Imsak. At wake meal, you can directly drink 1.5 liters (about 5-6 glasses) of water. However, if not able, you can try to drink 4 glasses first. After a 2 minute pause, you can drink 2 more glasses.
Eating sahur is an opportunity to fill the body with fuel, before fasting all day. No less important to note is the matter of hydration or adequacy of body fluids.
Keeping the pattern of fasting hydration can be done by drinking enough fluids ie 2 liters or equivalent to 8 glasses a day. Given the limited capacity of the stomach, Mirza suggests do not drink a lot at the time of meal, but also installments starting from the time of dawn to break the fast.
"It can be done by drinking 2 cups at dawn, 2 cups at opening time, and 4 cups at night," said Nutritionist University of Gadjah Mada (UGM) Dr Mirza Hapsari Sakti Titis Penggalih, S.Gz, RD, MPH.
Choosing the right drink, continued Mirza, also needs to be done during meal. Should avoid drinking tea or coffee because it can increase the production of urine so as to increase the frequency of urination. The recommended isotonic drinks, milk, and water.
According to Sahur is very important to provide enough energy for the body during fasting. Therefore he urged Muslims to continue to perform the meal so that the body can still move normally and stay in shape.
A glass of water can help relieve abdominal pain and indigestion that is felt during dawn. Therefore, drinking water before eating meal will wash away any sour food that penetrates into the esophagy during sleep.
Here are other advantages:
Drink a glass of water when wake sahur can prevent kidney stones and help melt the things that cause the formation of kidney stones.
Drinking water when waking sahur can also stop the headache.
Water is able to clean the toxins in the body.
White water can help regulate digestion.
Drinking water during meal and breaking the fast can keep the lymphatic system and avoid colds and flu.
Sahur is important, if not sahur other than cause the body limp and sleepiness can also cause fainting because less fluid. As for people with certain diseases such as diabetes can experience shock, "explained nutrition consultant athletes in football atracers teenagers Ragunan Kemenpora this.
He added that the recommended exercise is mild exercise such as jogging, static bike, skipping, and stretching. Exercise can be done for 30 minutes to one hour before the breaking of the fast, after tarawih prayer, and before meal.