Stay healthy World Cup season

Since most of the matches take place at midnight and close to the morning, how to keep the audience healthy during the World Cup? Master of Doctor Duong Cong Minh - Vice Dean of Nutrition Department of Ho Chi Minh City Nutrition Center - had some advice.

Ecuador fans in Worldcup 2006 (Photo: Yahoo)

For ordinary people

When staying up late watching football, many people in the morning have a habit of not eating breakfast, go hungry and go to work. This will make the body even more tired. So to ensure health during the World Cup season, it is necessary to eat three meals.

Considering breakfast is the main meal for the body to get enough energy for a working day. People who are not used to breakfast can snack on a bowl of pho, plate of broken rice, bowl of vermicelli or at least a 200ml glass of milk plus a banana or a loaf of bread.

In addition, you should also eat extra snacks with vegetables, fruits or sugar powder. How to guarantee a minimum of one person per day to eat 300 grams of fresh vegetables. In the evening, you should not eat fatty foods, flour, sugar because it can cause bloating and indigestion . Every day, make sure to drink enough 6-8 glasses of water (200ml glass), especially for those who were in the previous day. If you drank alcohol, you had to drink more water to compensate for the loss of water due to diuretic and early morning, so take 1-2 large glasses of water.

Drinking a lot of alcohol during the World Cup will affect your health badly (Photo: funkeg) To avoid back pain, joint pain caused by sitting for too long, when sitting and watching for 20-30 minutes, stand up and move or walk around (Of course the eyes still look at the screen to watch the match). Or just watch and massage the muscles in the hands, thighs, neck or perform stretching, twisting movements . so that the body can relax, prevent fatigue. If possible, choose a half-sitting position to help relieve muscle tension and minimize the weight of the body that affects the spine and joints.

With people with pathology

Stressful situations often occur in matches, making the 'breathless' or' dumbfounded 'viewers' hearts. Therefore, for people with special medical conditions such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes when watching the World Cup should be very attentive because of the strong emotions, nervous tension can lead to a stroke .

Ideally, people with this pathology should see a specialist to determine their own medical condition, to be advised about the regimen or to reserve some special medications in an emergency.

For people with diabetes, staying up often leads to uncontrolled eating or quitting medication . This can lead to an increase or hypoglycemia.

In the case of hypoglycemia that is not timely emergency can lead to unconsciousness, fall into a coma, sometimes causing brain damage is dangerous.

If you feel too tired, then 'brave' should skip the game that night and be able to see it again the next morning.

LE THANH HA recorded