Mona SharmaCelebrity nutritionist and wellness advocate

Always Sluggish After Meals? Here’s Why 🥱🍴

18 Apr 2025 · 1 min

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Mona Sharma explains why you crash after meals: refined carbs spike blood sugar, triggering insulin that drops it fast, leaving you tired. Eat smaller portions of complex carbs like sweet potatoes with protein and healthy fats to keep energy steady.

Don't eat too many carbs, especially refined carbs. When your meal is mostly carbohydrates, your blood sugar rises quickly because there's no protein or fat to slow down the digestion. This leads to an insulin surge, which rapidly lowers your blood sugar, causing fatigue and food cravings. It's that crash that we tend to feel after eating. Instead, you want to opt for smaller portions of complex carbohydrates, like sweet potatoes or brown rice. You want to pair them with lean protein and fats to keep your energy levels steady.

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