Don't forget that January 5 is the International Unloading Day

According to an old tradition, on December 31 in the morning people begin to behave strangely. They are sliced, fried, boiled and stewed all day, while avoiding eating. Closer to midnight, when the food ceases to fit on the tables, and the refrigerators are packed to capacity, they begin to eat and do it, with breaks for a short nap, until January 2-3. During this time, buckets of olivier, basins of other salads and pickles, pallets of cutlets are consumed and lakes of vodka, champagne and wines are drunk. It is quite clear that this is followed by an inevitable reckoning.

Since then, we have become accustomed to celebrating the New Year with an abundant feast lasting several days. Sometimes our fellow citizens interrupt the meal with walks in the fresh air, but this is often hindered by the harsh climate. Such bad New Year's holidays are entirely devoted to food and drinks, and their consequences are especially sad for the body.

Even the Soviet and frankly hungry perestroika years were not saved from overeating. For holidays in troubled times, they simply began to prepare in advance, dragging food into the house almost months before the New Year. That's how a completely unfunny phrase appeared, which today is so fond of repeating as a joke – "Don't touch it, it's for the New Year!".

Over a few holidays, 3-5 extra kilograms are easily gained, the stomach, liver and kidneys begin to "mess up", and the face turns the color of a raw beef patty. For those who lead an active lifestyle, such metamorphoses are a temporary phenomenon. Once you get into your usual daily routine, there is no trace of problems left. But for office workers and in general everyone who moves a little, New Year's kilograms become an acquisition for months, and sometimes it happens that forever.

As part of the fight against the consequences of New Year's overeating and obesity in general, January 5 was decided to be declared an International Fasting Day. To "celebrate" this event, you need to give up everything harmful, fatty, excessively high-calorie and frankly useless right from the morning of January 5.

It is advisable to withstand a couple of days, at least until Orthodox Christmas, but even just one full-fledged fasting day will already be an invaluable service for the body. You will be able to get rid of the heaviness in your stomach and bad mood, and the new year will begin not with medicines for indigestion, but with a small excursion into a healthy lifestyle. Yes, but what if proper nutrition will be to your liking and will become the norm of life?

Celebrating a new holiday is not difficult at all – for this you just need to ensure a calorie deficit and maintain a balance of proteins, fats and carbohydrates. This does not mean that you need to starve on January 5 – you just need to limit yourself to food, guided not by the appeals of the stomach, but by common sense.

After heavy feasts, the sugar balance in the body is disturbed, so the feeling of hunger arises unpredictably and completely out of place. It is difficult to fight this false feeling of an empty stomach, but it is quite possible. Put away fast food, high-calorie and "junk" food with useless calories - the result will not take long to wait. If you hold out even on January 6, then your body will surely be doubly grateful to you!