How To Make Your Traditional Diet Healthy

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what if i tell you that kovid left us

with a lot of marks some of them were

dark on the spectrum some of them would

change our life for good yes i’m not

good kidding i’m talking about the

emphasis on health but in the past year

now people want to look better they want

to feel better they want to digest

better and everything else which is

actually a very good thing uh but when

we talk about you know improving uh the

way we look and improving our health one

thing is key that is your nutrition your

nutrition can actually change your life

from the way you

feel throughout the day to even your

mental health to the way you move

nutrition can affect that from your you

know blood sugar regulation to even your

neurotransmitter function

nutrition can change the game

one issue with nutrition uh it was one

of the biggest issues for me so when i

started transforming a few years back i

transformed multiple times i lost fat

multiple times but i was never able to

sustain it

why because you know whenever i lost fat

i

chose foods which were not stable to me

which were not traditional to us and you

know sourcing them was inconvenient

sourcing them was uh costlier and you

know i did not enjoy having them

and the thing with uh you know better

lifestyle better nutrition is that you

know you always have to choose something

which is sustainable for you available

for you and it should sustain your

health and i was honestly i was wrong uh

you can actually transform while having

your traditional food or your staple

food

and that is what although a traditional

you know eating pattern is not flawless

but today uh today we will be talking

about how to make it flawless uh first

thing first thing first why should we be

having our traditional food or staple

food in our diet number one it’s

enjoyable we have grown up eating that

food

second it’s cost effective third or if

it is produced right it’s actually fresh

and high in quality doesn’t mean that

you know a western food or high five

food is actually bad it’s amazing and

it’s great for western people because

it’s staple to them and they have you

know grown up eating that kind of food

now talking about how to make a

traditional diet flawless

uh so first thing first first thing

which we need to understand is that you

know

there’s no food which is inherently good

or bad indian food sources or

traditional food sources are amazing now

let’s talk about some of the small flaws

which and how to improvise them

number one being when i talk about our

traditional eating pattern a lot of us

are vegetarians issue with that no issue

as such but one issue is that you know a

lot of times our diets are deficient of

protein and you know protein is

important for a lot of functions from

your neurotransmitter function to muscle

recovery to your performance to even

health and even sleep to a certain

extent so how do we improve that

number one have complete protein sources

in your diet aim for at least 0.9 to 1.2

grams of complete protein

per kg per day how do we complete that

uh apart from you know eggs and meat

which are excellent sources of protein

uh if you’re a vegetarian you can have

uh dairy sources uh you can always

choose low fat dairy sources when you

are

when you think that

when you are trying to save calories

remember saving calories is quite

important when you are trying to lose

fat because you know when you have to

lose fat you need to eat lesser calories

than what you are burning now back to

protein low-fat dairy resources soy tofu

and these are the complete protein

sources which we can consume in our diet

apart from that talking about pulses a

lot of us you know believe that you know

pulses are a great source of protein

they are not they are not a complete

source of protein they lack this uh

amino acid called methionine in it but

you know our indian ancestors were smart

uh have you ever heard of food such as

dal and rice uh khichdi uh if you couple

your pulses with carb carb sources such

as rice and you know grains they

actually become a complete protein

source because grains have uh methanol

in it and on the other spectrum grains

lack lysine

uh and

good news uh your

pulses have lysine in them so together

they become a complete protein source so

uh if you’re choosing pulses etc as your

protein source just you know couple them

up with uh

carb sources such as rice wheat etc

so this is uh you know at least have

three servings of protein per day low

fat milk from low fat milk to even you

know regular milk is fine uh but again

remember think about saving calories uh

soy sources are amazing too and that’s

what not talking about indian

carbohydrate sources they are amazing

from italy in south to you know rice uh

beet chapatis in north everything is

amazing uh they are a great source of

energy for us a great source of fiber

and micronutrients but you know when we

talk about carbohydrate source just

ensure that you know you are not

overdoing them and you know you are

coupling them with protein sources for

the most part uh talking about other

stuff indian homegrown vegetables are

amazing too

spices are amazing too talking about

indian spices talking about the most

important one my favorite uh turmeric

turmeric has this uh something called

curcumin in it and you know curcumin is

being used worldwide by doctors and

researchers as a as an anti-inflammatory

and tada it’s available at almost all

homes in our country so you know indian

spices are amazing too

but now you must be thinking what about

tea

indian chai chai is fantastic you can

have chai but remember one thing with

chai is that you know it has caffeine in

it although caffeine uh is an amazing

antioxidant but talking about caffeine

it can actually you know it’s a

stimulant it can actually mess up your

sleep so try to have it away from your

building now you must be like what about

g yvs ghee is amazing too it’s a great

source of fat but the thing with fat is

that you know fat dietary fat is number

one it’s important for absorption of

vitamin a d e k and even your hormonal

function but the thing with fat is that

fat is calorie intensive so you know

just be mindful of that and measure your

fat sources when you’re having them and

that is what uh you know

indian protein sources just sort out

your protein uh have enough indian carb

sources uh i mean not indian or

traditional crowd sources whatever you

enjoy uh indian spices are amazing uh

indian fat sources such as ghee etc are

amazing too

and guys couple these up with uh

good sleep regular exercises

regular exercising regular activity

and we are done and guys this is how we

make our traditional diet our

traditional health diet

thank you