Take Back the Lunch Break
By Silvio Medeiros
Do you eat your lunch in front of your computer? Or skip lunch and eat in a rush between meetings? Are you tired, slow, or exhausted by the end of the day? You need a real lunch break. A study from the University of Toronto on lunch break patterns of workers revealed that the absence of a proper lunch break can actually lower productivity, as well as stress you out.
Krista Krumina of DeskTime encourages us to take bake our lunch breaks:
Employers should actually encourage the employees to step away from their desks, and have a proper lunch. Not sandwiches, or sugary snacks, but food that boosts brain activity. The World Health Organization found that with the right ingredients, you can boost brain power by as much as 20%, and thus get more things done once you get back to work. So skip the unhealthy, fast-food type of food, and serve for yourself something from these 16 brain foods instead, which will improve your concentration, enhance memory, make you less tired, more energized and thus more productive.
You know that taking breaks is good for your productivity, focus, and creativity, but you just never seem to get around to it. So make the time. If you don’t take regular lunch breaks, start scheduling them into your calendar now.
