Ghar Ka Khaana To Meal Planning, Rujuta Diwekar Lists 6 Sustainable Resolutions For Healthy Eating

Want to lose weight, detox, maintain healthy body? Then make these 6 resolutions listed by Nutritionist Rujuta Diwekar.

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Nutritionist Rujuta Diwekar has helped keep Kareena Kapoor Khan, Alia Bhatt, Karisma Kapoor in keeping fit and has a huge fan following on social media as well. She takes to her Instagram almost every other day and shared anecdotes around food and nutrition and fitness which almost all of us can follow. This time she gave an interview to a leading lifestyle magazine and spilled the beans on the kind of sustainable resolutions she wants her clients and readers to follow which can easily be achieved if determined enough.

Consume All Nutrients Which Means Colourful Eating

Diwekar told the magazine: "There are 2 billion people in the world who are micronutrient deficient—Vitamin D, B12, folic acid, iron, etc. A simple way to resolve that is to eat fresh produce of the season, and a diverse diet is really the meaning of a rainbow diet. It allows your body the best chance to get all micronutrients that it needs," says Diwekar.

From all the greens including spinach, there is a reason why it is recommended as it has Vitamin K, B and E. Diwekar suggests fruits and vegetables are necessary and it would be great to include them in your recipes someway or the other.

Try New But Never Forget The Old

"Stop sticking to what you know, and what the Internet tells you you should eat. Because the trap of broccoli, kale and almond flour pastry can suck you into monotony, depriving you of the adventure of eating. So the need of the hour is to really eat our old food like it’s new. The goond laddoos, chikis, halwas of this season," she told the magazine.

Ghar Ka Khaana

It is always said that homecooked food is safe, healthy and more nutritious. We know what all has it been cooked in, how much sugar it has and the amount of salt sprinkled. It also reduces stress and costs less.

Diwekar said: "Ingredients, ingredients, ingredients. Their freshness, the richness of your community’s cuisine and the pride with which it is served and devoured is a reward in itself. No gourmet cooking can match a home kitchen where creativity, culture and climate seamlessly interact with each other in the form of mouth watering delicacies."

Mindful During Mealtimes

Quit eating in front of the TV or on the desk. This is known as eating mindlessly which can even lead to improper digestion and eating more than what you need.

"Instructing all your senses, including the mind, to pay attention to food and not drift away is the meaning of mindful eating. It allows you to stay in the present, chew on food (and life) one bite at a time and stop while you are still feeling light but satiated. It makes eating mindfully easy. No distractions, it’s like being in a classroom for learning. A visual cue to prepare the body for the nourishment that food provides and digestive juices to flow," says Diwekar.

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Meal Planning

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But a loaded taco bowl is something I could get down with any day of the week from @shredhappens⠀ .⠀ Checkout the link in our bio for our monthly meal plans!⠀ .⠀ Here’s how I made 3 servings of this bowl to eat throughout the week:⠀ .⠀ 1. In a medium pan, added 1 tablespoon avocado oil and 1 pound @wholefoods local ground meat seasoned with sea salt. Then stir and break up the meat until completed separated with a wooden spatula. As its going, add taco seasoning to your liking (make sure to check ingredients on your taco seasoning, they can get pretty rough). Cook to desired temperature.⠀ .⠀ 2. While that was going, I started with a big base of @josiesorganics shredded lettuce. Super filling. I add some salsa spoons at the bottom as well.⠀ .⠀ 3. To the base I added 1/2 avocado, some diced tomatoes, some diced onion, jalapeno, a tablespoon of @caciqueinc crema salvadorena (sour cream). And of course some fresh lime. As I always say… you can use whatever you like and have on hand. But I was feeling this combo today. .⠀ .⠀ 4. Added the ground meat to the bowl & squeezed some lime.⠀ .⠀ 5. After photo was taken, added some more salsa, Chipotle hot sauce, and shredded cheese.

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Prepare your breakfast a night before or wake up early to avoid last-minute coffee buying. "To preempt over-eating and guilt tripping that follows later. It’s like driving with a seat belt even before getting on the road," says Diwekar.

Balanced Food Choices

Don't deprive yourself of food because this is when all the cravings come out full throttle.

"Health is not about using will power to deprive yourself of food groups, or restrict food timings or calories. Healthy is a state of mind where one feels worthy of food, confident to follow the cues of the stomach and grateful for what’s on one’s plate. It’s like asking someone why is it important to be sustainable, because that essentially is the path to success and also to good health," said Diwekar

Be on a diet that you can follow for the next 50 years and would want your next seven generations to inherit. We are living in 2020 and it’s time that our food choices are healthy for both the people and the planet and the only way to achieve that is through a middle path approach. I mean enough with those “diet” cakes already," she added.

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