Free download Eating at Work: Make Food Work for You! by Ishi Khosla, Nina Mehta. Published by Simon and Schuster India. Renowned nutritionist Ishi Khosla shows us how to make minimal lifestyle changes for lifelong health benefits. English | 272 pages | EPUB | ISBN: 9386797348
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Keeping in mind the fact that most of the busy professionals are devoting more than half of their waking hours to work – be it office, outside or even at home, expecting them to be mindful of what they eat is a tall order.
Not only are they multi-tasking but are perpetually stressed and fueled by an adrenaline rush.
And in such a state nothing is more comforting than food. Emotional eating is often the result of this kind of work pressure.
No matter how much information one has, it takes a lot for any busy person to manage their food.
Either they forget to eat or binge or they constantly crave sugary high carbohydrate and high fat foods.
More often these are foods which have addictive properties, containing caffeine, sugar and wheat.
Most processed foods are designed chemically to make them addictive.
The caffeine high and sugar rush are so familiar.
The obvious consequences range from weight gain, belly fat, to digestive disorders and skin issues like acne, hair fall and dandruff.
Eventually these disorders take the shape of diseases like thyroid disorders, diabetes, high blood pressure, joint pains and deficiency disorders including anemia and osteoporosis, to name a few.
Simply put, we need to sensitize our workplace.
The Chinese government in fact took it upon itself, more than a decade ago, to provide healthy food options in all government institutions.