Losing Excess Baggage

These days, people are increasingly working towards lowering their intake of unhealthy food.We try and understand the basics of emerging diet plans and what one must strictly adhere to for healthy living.

- Gautam Chaudhr

Healthy food refers to the food that leaves a positive impact on our body. Its pros and cons depend on three questions - what, when, and where. Although healthy eating can be fairly simple, the mushrooming of various diet plans and diet gurus has created confusion among many.

MUST-DOS FOR HEALTHY EATING

Balanced-nutrient diet:

It is important that every meal should have balanced amounts of nutrients, i.e., the right proportion of carbohydrates, fats, proteins, fibre, etc. For an easy evaluation and understanding of the contents of a plate of food, one must ensure it comprises 50 per cent vegetables, 25 per cent starch, and 25 per cent healthy protein. Fats are important for our body; one must know to differentiate between healthy and unhealthy ones.

Quantity of food and intervals: