How to Maintain Good Health?

Include a lot of bright and deep coloured veggies and fruits like oranges, red tomatoes, purple berries and leafy greens as they are all rich in antioxidants that fight disease-causing free radicals.

You toss some interesting salads, or even make a delicious fruit chaat or blend them in thick smoothies.

You toss some interesting salads, or even make a delicious fruit chaat or blend them in thick smoothies.

3.Don’t Skip Your Meals

Ever meal plays its part. Hence, skipping one of the three major meals of the day can have a negative impact. Your brain and body need fuel to run. Your brain needs a supply of glucose and a lack of it can make you lethargic.

Skipping meals can cause your metabolism to slow down, which can lead to weight gain or make it harder to lose weight.

When you skip meals, your body switches on the ‘survival mode’, which simply means that it craves more food than usual, and that ultimately results in binge-eating.

4.Avoid Fatty, Processed Foods

The fresher, the better. Fast food and processed or packaged food often come with a number of preservatives and additives to increase shelf live.

Moreover, they may hide high levels of sugar and sodium that can increase the risk of lifestyle diseases like diabetes, blood pressure, obesity and more.

Processed foods also have ‘rewarding’ quality which means that for their salty, sweet or spicy taste your brain starts considering them as ‘reward’ foods and that leads to unnecessary cravings.

5.Include More Lean Meats, Low-Fat Dairy Products, and Whole Grains To Your Diet

The key to maintain good health is to have a balanced diet. With fruits and vegetables you need a good mix of milk, dairy products, meat, lentils and legumes.

Choose low fat milk, yogurt, cheese, lean meat, fish (cut down on read meat), brown rice, millets and oats for healthier results. When it comes to grains, whole grains are better. Refined flour and grains like maida and white rice low in nutrients.

Whole grains are loaded with fibre and nutrients that keep you full and satiated,” shares Health Practitioner and Macrobiotioc nutritionist Shilpa Arora. She also adds, “The kind of carbohydrates you eat is important.

Most of our carbohydrates should be Low Glycemic Index which means that they should not cause rapid spikes in your blood sugar levels and provide slow release of energy.”

Whole grains, dals, rajma and legumes -all of these are excellent sources of complex and low GI carbohydrates.

6.Load Up on Good Fats

Fats have long been regarded as villains, but not all fats are bad. Fats are necessary, especially for balancing hormones, keeping your skin and hair healthy and maintain your digestive processes.

Eliminating a food group is never sustainable. Unsaturated fats are healthier than saturated and trans fats.

Dr. Anju Sood suggests. “Around 15 to 20 percent of your calorie intake has to be fat, out of which 50 percent should be from visible origins (ghee, butter, and oil) and the rest from invisible origins which are already present in the food you eat.

Avocadoes and walnuts are good sources of fats along with cooking oils like olive oil and mustard oil.”