Bad dietary habits may make festive days of Eid unhappy

Islamabad:A significant proportion of our population does not follow good dietary habits not only in routine but also on the festive occasions including Eid days that according to health experts may bring unhappiness causing certain health problems among both the healthy people and chronic patients.

It has been observed that every year on the festive occasions of Eid, the public sector hospitals in this region of the country receive a significant number of patients with complaints of mild to moderate digestive problems, which are caused purely by careless attitude towards eating. Experts say that it is so mainly because a good number of people are unaware of the health threats the bad dietary habits pose.

Health experts say that most of the patients reaching public sector hospitals on the festive occasions of Eidul Fitr or Eidul Azha are those who are healthy otherwise. Generally, it is observed that bad dietary habits bring most of these patients to the hospitals on the festive days of Eid.

Data reveals that most of the patients reaching hospitals on Eid days are those who have had repeated intakes of sweet and spicy dishes along with a variety of cold drinks, ‘sharbats’, tea or cola. Most of the people eat much more than that of their capacity on Eid days without thinking that it may cause serious problems for the stomach and digestive system.

People must be aware of the fact that haphazard intake of a variety of dishes and fluids throughout the day may put extra burden on their organs disturbing a number of body functions. Health experts say that eating or drinking too much even at a single sitting leads to unpleasant fullness, belching and bloating apart from a number of serious digestive problems.

Smaller, more frequent meals eaten more slowly may be easier to digest for both the healthy people and those suffering from symptoms of gastrointestinal problems. Eating too quickly may lead to uncomfortable fullness by not giving the stomach adequate time to expand.