Healthy snooze in the office

Proper snack in the office promotes performance and concentration

05/07/2012

The right snack in the office helps to keep focus on the working day. The nutrition expert Reinhard-Karl Üblacker from Mühldorf am Inn explained what a healthy snack should look like in between meals.

A light vegetable snack in between provides the necessary energy at work and, according to the expert, helps to keep a cool head. In the office could be prevented by small snacks from fruits or vegetables a slump in the blood sugar level and so the concentration remain, stressed the trained chef and food consultant Reinhard Karl Üblacker.

Snacks from fruits and vegetables
According to the nutritionist, five meals are optimal throughout the day for the human body. During working hours, the expert advises therefore to occasional snacks, „because without snacking, the blood sugar level drops quickly.“ The right snack in the office, however, could help maintain the performance. Between breakfast and lunch, and between lunch and dinner, according to the experts, a snack should be taken with fruits and vegetables or other foods rich in nutrients and minerals. Nuts, muesli bars, cheese snacks or olives are also recommended here as a healthy snack for in between. Other popular energy sources such as chocolate or cola, however, are unsuitable as a snack in the office because of the high calorie count.

Five meals a day optimally
With the two interludes, people also come in the office everyday in the optimal way to comply, a total of five meals a day, stressed the Austrian nutrition expert Reinhard Karl Üblacker. This is particularly important for the power and concentration, because not only in physical work but „also in thinking a lot of energy“ is consumed, Üblacker continues.

The many smaller meals also have the advantage that they are easier to digest than large portions and thus reduce the risk of being overweight. Provided the snacks are not too high in calories and fat and the meals at lunch and supper are also within reason. (Fp)

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