Eat your vegetables raw

Every month try one fruit, one vegetable and one new grain you’ve never tried before, so that you discover a host of new, healthy food items which taste great and benefit your health vastly.

Cooking most vegetables destroys its nutrients. This is why it’s best to eat your vegetables raw. Eat a salad with every meal, so that you’re filling yourself up with a lot of healthy goodness.

Maintain a food diary to be in track with exactly everything that you eat throughout the day. This way, you know where you’re going wrong and what you can do to improve it.

Cooking most vegetables destroys its nutrients. This is why it’s best to eat your vegetables raw. Eat a salad with every meal, so that you’re filling yourself up with a lot of healthy goodness.

Make healthy food more accessible – keep healthy food right in the front of your fridge. Replace fried snacks in those jars on the shelves with nuts and khakhras.

Meal time is family time. A healthy conversation among the family while eating allows children to develop good food habits from the very beginning.

Have vegetarian protein – Replace your red meat with pulses and sprouts. This way, you could have your protein whilst reducing the risk of elevated cholesterol levels brought by meat.

Quit smoking – Smoking causes a host of problems to the body, ranging from the infamous cancers to hormonal problems. Quit smoking to see a glow on your skin and increase your longevity

Manage your vitamin D 3 – Vitamin D 3 helps to absorb calcium in the body. However, there are nearly no food sources of vitamin D3. Therefore, one must check their vitamin D3 levels and be regular with their supplement intakes, under supervision of your doctor.

Reduce flab around the waist to control blood sugar and cholesterol – Stomach flab, especially for those with android obesity, are at an extremely high risk of elevated sugar levels as well as high cholesterol and therefore an increased risk of heart problems

By:Naini Setalvad