1. Large meals
Usually, when you are having a meal, you try to take care and eat enough so you can feel satiated and full.
You might think that this is a good strategy that will help you be energized the whole day, but is this entirely true? Can this be one of the reasons you feel tired?
When you eat a large meal, your body gets the signal that it will have a lot of food to process, and this is why your blood flow will concentrate on your digestive system.
This will help aid digestion, which is great, but on the other hand, this is why you might end up in a food coma, also known as postprandial somnolence.
While your body is busy processing the food, you will feel sleepy and sluggish, and you will also be less alert. This can happen to any meal, but it is more common for meals that are high in fat since fat takes much longer to be digested.
If the meal is lunch, this means you will have a midday energy slump. This is probably something you don’t want to happen, and this is why you should try to eat meals that give you energy, stabilize the level of blood sugar, and, at the same time, are not heavy.
Try meals that are based on lean protein and complex carbohydrates, such as beans, whole grains, and starchy vegetables.
