Eating Smart for Ramadan | Tips from a Nutritionist | Nazima Qureshi

Amazing MashaAllah

Very good tips.

🍽 Ramadan as a time for both fasting and feasting: Discussion on eating habits during Ramadan with dietician Nazima Qureshi.
🧘‍♀ Nutrition’s spiritual importance: Healthy eating connects to spiritual goals like worship and community work, not just weight loss.
🧠 Fasting's health benefits: Includes improved brain health, cardiovascular health, weight loss, and lower inflammation.
🌅 Suhoor tips: Focus on whole grains, protein, healthy fats, and hydration; avoid sugary, carby foods to maintain energy throughout the day.
💧 Hydration advice: Drink water gradually during suhoor and throughout the non-fasting window to avoid dehydration and headaches.
☕ Caffeine and headaches: Opt for caffeine in moderation during suhoor; excessive caffeine withdrawal can cause headaches.
🍽 Iftar balance: Avoid overeating, especially fried and sugary foods; focus on cultural foods with mindful portions, veggies, and hydration.
🍔 Samosa moderation: Limit fried items like samosas to one a day for a balanced diet.
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Meal planning for busy families: Stock up on healthy ingredients like protein and veggies to make nutritious meals easier during Ramadan.

Concept of Ramadan is completely defeated when you eat at Iftar like Valeema.
After visiting Blue Zone in Nosara Costa Rica and met a person Micheal Keiser.25 yrs haven't seen a doctor.Purpose is defeated when one eat oily spicy food.
Micheal eats from plants what monkeys eat.Means eat Raw Raw food.

Try bullet coffee. Receipe: pink salt/ organic coffee/ cocoa powder/ Macao powder/ cold pressed organic coconut oil/ pure organic butter ghee. Blend the entire thing in hot water and milk. Quantity? depends how much you are making. Keep you energetic all day long.

These tips are so valuable. Especially if you are like me and suffer from migraines. Suhoor is a must and the quality food you eat in this time makes a huge difference to minimize the chance to trigger a migraine. I found reducing caffeine intake before Ramadan starts helps too as caffeine withdrawal triggers this too

Work on our intention on everything we do and then try to only incorporate healthy fats, lean sources of proteins and fiber. Avoid/limit sodium, sugars, refined carbs and saturated fats and we’ll all have a healthy and happy Ramadan insha’Allah

Good healthy Foods & Muslims.

Now I know what to eat

JazakkaAllahi Khair for sharing the Ramadhan food hack❤❤❤

Beautiful lectures may ALLAH grant us more wisdom and strengthen our faith

Jazak Allah I remember seeing this sister and brother so many years ago. So happy to listen and see you. M. Taha

Ramadan mubarak ♡

"Examples of smart suhoor meals are:
*overnight oats with fruit n yogurt.
*Egg muffins with veg included

Pinch of sea salt with lemon juice in your water.

Drink same amount of water as normal day e.g. 2 litres

Divide it, so at suhoor drink about 500ml to 750ml. Start sipping on it as soon as you wake up for suhoor.

Break fast with a few dates and big glass of water (500ml). Have a little bit of fruit. Then go pray maghrib.

Then have your iftar meal.
Post iftar and before bed, catch up on the remaining water intake (about 1litre avg.)

Keep doing this and you wont have problems like dehydration or headaches."

"For meal planning, have your fridge stocked with prepped veggies/salad and prepped proteins."

"Think about 'What is the purpose of fasting?' Is it about having thirty feasts?

Open your fast with just dates, water and fruit and pray your maghrib, then sit down to eat your meal. Do this and you won't be as hungry as you were before maghrib. Make your plate "once" and include veggies or salad"

"If you need caffeine, figure out when you want it so that your sleep isnt affected. If you're staying up after suhoor, you can have the caffeine at suhoor.

what about food/drinkiny amount pre and post taraweeh?

Sausage eggs beans avo wholegrain toast

Thank you that was really helpful

JazakAllahu Khairan for this video.Thanks you.

"People get headaches because of what they're doing at the non-fasting window. If you're snacking on fried foods or deserts after teraweeh, you will get headaches during your fast! Also lack of sleep and physical activity will do this as well!"

Excellent answers to extremely relatable questions! 👍Thank you for sharing such wonderful content 💐💝

Many Muslims misunderstood the benefit of Ramadan.

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Eating Healthy fats and proteins for suhoor will allow you to fast longer and feel more satiated. Eat all the kababs, BBQ, tandoori with raitas plus coffee, tea, lassi with dollops of butter or heavy cream. No sugar No carbs.

thx😄

with a respect to your guest but i totally dis agree with her, i skip sohor and i don't touch any carbs, i reversed my type 2 diabetes in 2 months and i don't eat fruits simply bcs of fructose which is the main cause of abdominal obesity which is very deadly, coffee is super drink it even fix our DNA, i don't have the time to watch the rest of none scientific interview it sounds info from the 90s talking about low fat diet or what ever

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Very helpful thank you

As an elderly person I have to eat something for the medication. The raw fruit and veggies are the best for me. Thank you so much for the update on foods.😎

i love a fruit smoothie for suhoor; it keeps you hydrated and fruit and nutmilks have more than enough protein. Protein is in everything!

Masha Allah very nice recommendations. Jazak Allah for your time

Blood sugar level decrease
Sehri
Have oat meals instead of cereals
Have egg yoghurt avocados
If you eat briyani you might feel thirsty
Electrolytes for summer fasting
Sea salt lemon water
500 750ml water split it
When you beak fast have dates more water
After iftaar magrib have iftaar meal
Have tea or coffee after iftaar meal but it impacts sleep
Avoid deserts and oil items samosas fried foods
Add physical activity like walks
When you eat as soon as breaking fast you start eating fast so have more food after magrib bcoz that will nake u think u already had something when you broke fast
Digestive Symptoms come when you dont have fiber
Have fridge stocked with protein
Eating healthy is for everyone and it must be enjoyable
Make healthy choices

I find that eating protein for both Sahur and Iftar is crucial for maintaining energy levels and muscle, especially during Ramadan. I also try to workout a few days a week while fasting to build/maintain muscle mass. Protein smoothie and boiled eggs for sahur, meat and beans with salad for iftar seem to work really well.

DATE. WATER. FRUITS.

Pray Maghreb.

Then follow up with your 90 samosa’s.

Alhamdulilah, I didn't prep any fried snacks/desserts for Ramadan. We will eat as we normally eat with the occasional treat.

Superb❤

Mashaallah JazakAllah ♥️ ♥️ ♥️ ♥️ ♥️ ♥️ ♥️

Assalam alikum warahmatelah dear lovely 🌹🌹🌹🌹 all 🙂 Ramadan Mubarak,

Should one eat dates at iftaar with Almonds or some sort of nuts? To reduce a glucose spike?
That brings me to another question..do dates cause a huge glucose spike? Please enlighten me. Thanks ❤

Very nice...

Coconut water is good for electrolytes as well as water melon.

It's so refreshing finally getting Islamic centric advice with these kinds of topics. This channel is really special.

Lemon water is the same effect as coffee
For headaches it’s normal to have because the microbiomes that’s are left on the colon they are eating rye small amount of food .
Get enough sleep
Avoid screening…
Take naps if possible .
I would recommend Do not eat bread and high carbohydrates for Iftar as well.

Its my first ramadan as a revert and im gaining weight 😭. The late night eating and sleeping is my bad habit. I feel like I binge in the eating window. May Allah swt help me change my habits.

Honestly, my biggest struggle is sleep after i have woken up for Suhoor. As someone who has had issues with sleep for the past year or so, it makes it tricky in Ramadan 😂

But, this time of year is so special and compared with so many people less fortunate, I dare not complain, Alhamdulillah.

It’s so difficult for me to eat during suhoor that I crash mid day. Need better foods to eat

Ramadan is more than just a religious observance; it is also a major economic event in the Middle East. The combination of increased household spending on food, targeted marketing by retailers, and the cultural importance of food during this period makes Ramadan a peak season for food products in the region. Overeatingis common... celebrations in 4 and 5 star hotels by big business is the hall mark... it is a true festive season.... we know islam is called a religion of peace..but we know from the incidents in Germany, Syria, Bangladesh, Congo and many other places, there is no peace... same is the case with Ramadan... there is no real fasting...there is overeating