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Eat healthy this Navratra with Diet Mantra
The festival of Navratra is celebrated Avoid long breaks; in fact maintain Herbal tea or green tea can be a
through the country with full the short frequent meal pattern very good option. Green tea not
devotion and wherein the main for Navratras. This helps in only helps in weight loss but is also
attention is on fasting and feasting for maintaining the metabolic rate of very good for skin and digestion.
all nine consecutive days. One needs the body.
Hypertensive patients must keep
to be cautious in selecting the foods
Avoid fried preparations like puri
a check on the salt consumption
to be eaten during this time. Your
or pakodas. Go for less oily
level.
selection can result in some
Limit the intake of potato to one
additional numbers added to your options like paranthas or rotis.
weight on weighing scale or it can Include green vegetables in your
in a day for only 3 days at this
diet for these nine days. Use
reduce as well. Choice is yours!
time. Also, avoid frying it as it
The typical navratra food including pumpkin, bottle gourd, cucumber,
unnecessarily adds those extra
potatoes, kheer, sabudana, pakodas tomatoes. They are not only less in
calories to the diet. Instead of
which are not only fattening but can
calories but also good source of
also cause complications like acidity,
healthy vitamins.
making aloo bhaji in oil, boil
potatoes and add some spicy
gastric trouble etc. That is why, Avoid very high calorie desserts
green coriander chutney.
overindulgence must strictly be like halwa, kheer.
Remove all the starch of
Fruits and juices like coconut
avoided.
sabutdana by soaking in water
Here are few dietary recommendations water, lemon water should form
for 3-4 hrs before using it for any
which should be kept in mind while the main component of fasting
dish preparation.
diet. They not only help in flushing
having food during this festival time.
Samak ke chawal can be utilised
out the toxins but also contribute
in the diet during fast in the form
in lowering the cholesterol
of ghia pulaov, in making idli,
because of their antioxidant
dosa, and cheela.
composition.
Use microwave to reduce the
Avoid using full cream milk;
consumption of oil in cooking.
instead go in healthier
Most importantly, please do not
alternatives like skimmed milk,
forget to control your portion size.
curd, yoghurt. Thin buttermilk
Also, follow your exercise regime on
with coriander and ginger is very
daily basis for these nine auspicious
filling for this time.
days. Dancing in satangs can be fun
Use yoghurt in dough instead of
and a good way to burn those extra
oil. Also, avoid using desi ghee.
calories.
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