Bharat Nutrition Week- Time to Make These 7 Changes in Your Diet

Abiding by the correct dietary habits to improve health is an extremely complex goal and it requires changes in your overall lifestyle. Several healthy changes in your diet can help you in living a healthier life without any health complications and discomforts. Here are 7 changes that you should do in your diet to live a happy and healthier life. On this Bharat Nutrition Week, take a pledge to take gradual steps to incorporate these changes in your diet to make yourself all hale and hearty.

• Don’t skip your breakfast: Due to the hassles and chaos in the morning, many of us just skip the breakfast that can make us hungrier and lead us to overeat. Breaking the 8 hours fast with the healthy and nutritious foods is a must as it gives you much-needed energy and enthusiasm to perform your day-to-day activities. You can consume fruits, fruit smoothies, oatmeal and poha in your breakfast to start your day nutritiously.
• Consume 5 servings of fruits and veggies: Fruits and veggies are the zest of healthy living! Fruits and veggies are filled with essential nutrients that help you to get going, maintain a healthy weight, and reduce the risk of health complications. The dietary fibre found in fruits and veggies can enhance the digestion.  5 servings of fruits and veggies in a day give you essential nutrients and keep your heart healthy. You can consume carrots, broccoli, apples, oranges, kiwi, grapes, berries, bell peppers and other seasonal fruits.
• Eat Fewer Refined-Grain Carbs and More Whole-Grain Carbs: Many people think that carbs are bad for health and start skipping it. But carbs are extremely vital for the ideal health. The only twist while consuming carbs is the ‘type of carbs’ you are choosing. Always choose healthy carbs which are found in whole grains, legumes, nuts and seeds and bid adieu to bad carbs which is present in white flour, sugar items, chocolates, and cakes
• Snack on healthy alternatives: Many people ditch snacking between meals as they think that it can lead to weight gain. But let us tell you that snacking is never a bad option- your health depends upon the type of snacks you are choosing. Say bye-bye to those processed junkies and add some healthy alternatives to that. You can snack on roasted makhana, roasted Kala chana, home-made nutty trail mix and home-made oats namkeen.
• Replace your sweets with fruits: All those sweet lovers out there, there is no need to avoid your sugar cravings. You can consume sweets but in a healthier version. Swapping those cakes, cookies and chocolates from fruity parfait, the fruity blend, sweet potato with the toppings of fruits can help you in curbing your sugar cravings while saving you from unnecessary calories.
• Always pick your fats smartly: Fats are not bad! Fat is a vital micronutrient that fuels up your energy levels, protects the organs against destruction, reduce inflammation and helps in the effective functioning of the body. Pay heed towards the type of fats you are consuming. Good fats are beneficial for your health and always pick them up! Good fats are generally found in nuts and seeds, fatty fishes, avocados, almond oil, olive oil and sunflower oil.
• Consume the best pairing of food for optimum health: Various nutrients work together in the body and consuming only one of them might not give you good results. The various pairing of foods helps in the better absorption of nutrients in the body which further provide plenty of health benefits. Here are some nutrient and food pairing that you should consume together: Calcium and vitamin D, broccoli and tomatoes, spinach and lemon, rice and pulses, vegetable salad and oil.

Footnote

Adding some healthy changes in your diet is the basic and initial step to keep yourself joyous and healthy. Apart from this, make sure that you involve yourself in physical activities to get the best results.