What’s wrong with your diet?

The problem with your diet

The problem with your diet is not that you are not eating enough, but you need to eat right. Then the question arises what is wrong with your diet? To know this, you should first understand some of the facts directly linked to your diet.

India stands number one with the most diabetic population, or you can say India is the diabetic capital of the world. More than seven crore people are affected with Type 2 diabetes, and almost 20 crores are prediabetic.

Almost 2.5 crore people die of a heart attack in India every year.

India has the maximum number of diabetic patients, which is ten crores.

This data is enough to take off the blindfold of your eyes and show the reality of the Indian diet system. Since childhood, you are told that homemade food is the healthiest you can ever get, which is not wrong. But the problem is, it is only good when you have it to avoid fast food from your daily life.

Homemade food

Wheat and rice (carbohydrates) make up a significant part of Indian food. And your diet lacks protein and fibre in it.

Although you may not consume sugary or junk food, you still need to be healthy with your diet.

Indian food contains sugar, carbohydrates (the unhealthy ones), oil, flour-based products, white rice, starchy snacks, and bread loaves

Almost every tasty snack is deep-fried or has added sugar in it.

A survey found that almost every Indian consumes 15 teaspoons of sugar in a single day in the form of snacks, sweets, or fruit juices. It is funny that you do not need any sugar to have a healthy lifestyle, but you still consume more than the prescribed amount.

Do you know? Diet has been derived from the Latin word ‘diaita’, which means ‘lifestyle’. And consuming this many unhealthy products you do not even need is certainly not a healthy lifestyle.

Almost every problem can be linked to the diet and can be treated with the food you can consume daily. Even you can reverse Type 2 diabetes with the help of food, and that too within a few weeks.

Try intermittent diet

Even if you feel you are eating to fullness, you are not! But it can be helped with an intermittent diet. When you cut off sugar, packaged, and junk food from your diet, you eat to fullness. You pay more attention to what to add to the diet and what not. It can help you maintain a healthy lifestyle and lower your junk intake. You can start doing it twice a week, and when you feel comfortable enough, you can fix days in a week for an intermittent diet. You will be amazed by the results that you will see after it.

What to include in your diet?

Before including anything, you must exclude some things from your diet, such as sugar. You do not need any sugar to sustain a healthy life. And instead of using white rice, try brown rice, black rice, or red rice. The vegetable oil you are using is not as healthy as it says on its label. Try using extra virgin or coconut oil for cooking, as they do not change their properties after heating.

Do you know? About 84% of the Indian population is protein-deficient. Why? All thanks to the “healthy Indian food”. Everyone, and most importantly the old aged people, need protein as they lose muscle mass and strength with age. You can add more lentils, paneer (cottage cheese), and eggs to your diet to make it protein-rich. The cholesterol in eggs will not lead you to a heart attack as they are not considered to raise the cholesterol level.

If you are a vegetarian or vegan, you need to pay extra attention to your diet as you may need to get the required amount of protein as you need. Try including more pulses, paneer (cottage cheese), spinach, and lentils.

All you need to remember is to consume 1 gram of protein per kilogram of your weight.