Enjoy your Navratri with a healthy diet plan.

Navratri or durga Puja is the festival of worship of the Hindus. Each year Hindus

Navratri Special Diet With Komal

all over the world religiously fast for 9 days twice in a year. People all over the world celebrate Navratri, some for religious reasons and some looking to cut back on unwanted calories and lose weight. Whatever be the reason, it’s absolutely essential that fasting through these nine days be done in a healthy manner. It can help detoxify your body, cleanse your mind.

Healthy diet tips to make fasting healthier-

·       Fruit intake increased fiber consumption hence detoxify & cleansing the system.

·       Water retention is removed due to salt free meals.

·       Eat small meals and not starve yourself. This will help maintain blood glucose levels and prevent you from feeling low.

·       Keep yourself hydrated. Drink lots of water and fluids like coconut water, lemon water, green tea and buttermilk.

·       Avoid eating fried food.

·       Limit your sugar intake.

·    Combine high carbohydrates like potatoes and sabudana or Sago ( widely used in fasting) with other fibrous vegetables like cabbage, tomatoes, bottle guard, etc. also try to bake or grill vegetables instead of deep frying them.

·       Kuttu(Buckwheat) is a very good combination of carbohydrate and protein. Use it to make chapatti or chelas instead of gorging on puris.

·       Do not use namkeen (spicy) packets as they are high in salt and fat content.

·       Use skimmed or toned milk instead of full cream milk.

·       Samak rice are extremely easy to digest and can be consumed in any kind of quantity.

·       Fasting is not easy and long gaps between meals could lead to acidity. This is not work well for your metabolism. Allow yourself a handful of roasted makhanas or dry fruits for mid- meal snacks. Small frequent meals should be the rule

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·       It is crucial that you do not starve yourself and create a balance. Don’t give up on favorites, just find healthy substitutes. You must ensure that you get all the nutrition that you need.

Try it--> Diet plan for day 1

Breakfast            1 glass toned milk with 1 apple or banana+ 3 almonds soaked

Mid morn             coconut water or lemon water

Lunch                  roasted peanuts/ 2 apples with 1 bowl or curd

Eve                    1 cup + roasted peanut (handful)

Dinner         sabudana khichri with lots of vegetables like beans, carrot, tomatoes

Post dinner         1 cup milk.