Before a post it is necessary to think over the diet very seriously. Food during this period has to be balanced and various, it will allow to avoid possible negative consequences for an organism.
Vegetables and fruit
First of all, in a post it is possible to eat any fruit and vegetables. They contain a huge number of the mineral substances, vitamins and minerals necessary for health of an organism. Vegetables can be eaten in crude and in the prepared look. In the winter salads from a fresh vegetables can be replaced with a pickles — sauerkraut, pickles and tomatoes. Certainly, at all seasons of the year during a post it is possible to eat the stewed, boiled or made on a grill vegetables. To keep in them the maximum quantity of vitamins, don't resort to long heat treatment. The vegetables made on a grill or on couple keep more useful substances. You shouldn't be limited only to cabbage, beet and potato during a post, don't forget about pumpkins, squash, a cauliflower, different types of pepper and so on. The your food will be more various, the it will be simpler to endure a post, without having broken.
One of the most important components of a fast table is, certainly, porridges. Of course, the porridges which are at first sight cooked on water without addition of a desi seem not too tasty. However if to add to them the products resolved in a post, it is possible to improve their taste considerably. Nuts, raisin, dried fruits perfectly supplement taste of semolina, rice or buckwheat. Besides, practically any grain (except for, perhaps, manna) is remarkably combined with mushrooms and vegetables. The post is a great time for culinary experiments.
What to replace animal protein with?
In a post it is very important to compensate absence in a diet of animal protein. It can be done by means of products which contain a significant amount of vegetable protein. First of all, it is about soy in all types, other bean cultures, mushrooms and eggplants. There is a huge amount of soy substitutes of meat, fish and chicken. Correctly prepared they perfectly replace the real meat. Many nutritionists say that soy protein on the structure is very close to an animal, besides is very easily acquired by an organism. In mild fast days you can eat a bakery goods, vegetable oil and fish in any kinds. It should be taken into account what in a post can't be overeaten even if you eat exclusively fast products. The post excludes abuses of spicy, salty, sweet, sour or fried food. You shouldn't use many spicery and sauces at this time. Food in a post has to be various, but the simplest.