Eating salad before a meal and taking a walk after a meal can have several benefits, particularly in managing blood sugar spikes, according to nutritionist Shikha Singh. In a recent post, she explained how one could lose weight fast thanks to the leafy greens and vegetables in salads that are rich in fibre. Also read | Alia Bhatt's 3 delicious, pure veg recipes you need to try: South Indian zucchini sabzi, chia pudding, beetroot salad Such a salad can slow down the digestion and absorption of carbohydrates, reducing the peak blood glucose level, she said, and added that walking after a meal can help reduce blood glucose level by increasing glucose uptake in the muscles and improving insulin action.
A post shared by Dr. Shikha Singh (@dr_shikhasingh) Lose weight by eating salad before a meal In her post titled '1 thing before and after every meal to lose 10 kg and reverse diabetes', Shikha Singh said in Hindi, “If you do this before and after every meal, you will lose weight fast and never get diabetes. Let me explain a simple logic to you: whenever we eat carbohydrates, they get digested and converted into sugar, which flows in our blood.
The pancreas in our bodies produces a hormone called insulin, which helps transfer the sugar from blood into our cells and converts it into energy in the form of ATP. But if you consume excess sugar, it gets stored in liver and muscles; and if there is too much sugar being consumed, it gets stored as fat in our body, leading to weight gain.
