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