Start Healthy Eating for a Healthy Lifestyle
Healthy eating is about making positive changes, concentrating on food that provides essential nutrients to maintain a healthy body, and preventing illnesses and chronic diet-related diseases. Here are some basic important tips to consider while starting diet options.
More Veggies
• Add 2 servings of veggie salads and sprouts every day
• Incorporate green food 3 times a week.
• Lessen the potato, sweet potato, jam, and jack fruit seeds
• Before each meal, eat salads, particularly the raw vegetables
• Lessen rice intake and fruits during dinner
Add Fruits Every day
• Add at least 3 servings of fresh fruits to your everyday diet
• Consider having a bowl of fresh-cut fruits before eating in between meals
• Choose whole fruits over fruit juices
Drink Milk
• Drink low-fat milk than whole milk
• Limit other milk products including butter, cheese, and paneer
Lean is Good
• Choose white meat over red meat as it is having more saturated fat
• Keep away from red meat, organs, egg yolk, sausages, dried fish, chicken with skin and anything fried
• Boil or steam chicken or fish instead of frying it
Eliminate the Salt
• If possible, limit the daily intake of salt
• Do not eat more than 6 grams of salt per day
• Choose Himalayan salt and rock salt in your diet if you can’t totally eliminate it
No to Sugar
• Lessen the daily intake of processed sugar
• Natural sources of sugar are preferable than the process one
Keep Yourself Hydrated
• Drink 8 glasses of water every day
• Drink one glass of water before each meal
• Add a few drops of lime to a lukewarm water
• Do not drink sodas and alcoholic beverages
No to Junk Food
• Remove all type of sugary process food and junk foods that are rich in calories and contains fewer nutrients
• Low fat or no fat food is recommended
• Avoid sweets and deep-fried junk food
Eat on Time
• Always eat on time
• Do not skip meals and avoid long meal gaps
• Eat small and frequent meals
• Eat light dinner as early as possible