With the holiday season coming, our excitement is higher than ever. After celebrating Navratri, Durga Puja and Karwa Chauth, we are now ready to celebrate Diwali, the festival of light. One of the most important festivals among Hindus, Diwali (or Deepavali) is celebrated throughout India with a lot of fun and enthusiasm. And food plays an important role in the celebration. It’s hard to say no to a festive dish, but a healthy diet is often eaten during this time. But don’t worry! You don’t have to completely let go of your favorite treat during the festival. Instead, just replace it with a healthier one.
Keep your festive diet healthy with these simple diet tips
Here are nine food tips you can try during the festive season:
Consider sugar alternatives
No matter how many, the festival cannot be completed without sweets. Eating good sweets can certainly affect your health, making you vulnerable to weight gain and making you more susceptible to illnesses such as diabetes. Add natural sweets such as date, cardamom, ange and saffron to keel, halva, fruit salad and lava shira.
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Switch to simple soda
If you go for a drink, switch to plain soda or sparkling water for sweet syrups, sweet sodas, and fruit juices. Apart from significantly reducing calories, it will help you reduce your total sugar consumption.
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Consider roasting instead of frying
Here are some solutions to avoid being content with fried food during the festival. Consider roasting all foods that you normally fry. Roasted foods not only taste good, but also offer some promising health benefits. It improves the texture of what you are cooking and deepens your flavor profile. Instead of frying all wadas, samosas, bazias, spring rolls and katsuretsu, roast them for a healthy diet during the Diwali festival.
Choose roasted foods instead of fried foods
Introducing a real food-based dip
If you’re used to dipping kebabs and katsuretsu in mayonnaise, try a healthy tofu (yogurt) -based dip that is low in calories and fat. Yogurt is packed with protein, packed with calcium, and popped with probiotics. Otherwise, choose the famous Indian chutney, whether it’s a spicy green coriander chutney or a sweet and spicy tamarind chutney.
Exchange white chocolate for milk chocolate
Getting the entire chocolate bar yourself can be fun, but eating too much risks gaining weight. Instead of giving white or milk chocolate this season, switch to dark chocolate. White chocolate doesn’t actually contain cocoa, so it doesn’t have any health benefits, but dark chocolate cocoa contains antioxidants that can prevent excessive weight gain.
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Reach for cinnamon tea
It’s easy to drink too much sugar during the festival, so make cinnamon tea if you feel like you’re outboard. Cozy tea may also help lower blood sugar levels due to the effect of cinnamon on blood sugar levels.
Replace salty nuts with raw nuts
Paying attention to salt cravings is just as important as paying attention to sweet teeth. Reduce salt intake. Salted nuts are rich in fat, fiber and protein that are healthy for the heart and should be replaced with raw nuts.
Choose simple ones instead of salted ones
Exchange for fruit
Choose fruits instead of eating Indian sweets. Fruits are rich in essential nutrients and have many health benefits. In addition, they will satisfy your sweet teeth. It may also provide anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties. Unlike sweets, fruits are usually low in calories and high in fiber. In rare cases, please keep your sweets.
Prepare sweets at home
Instead of buying festive sweets, try making them at home using healthy ingredients. Options you can try include coconut balfi / laddu, gear katori, Mediterranean energy balls, carrot cake, and whole grain cookies. Make nut-based desserts or ticks (original Indian energy bar). Nuts are the driving force behind carbohydrates, proteins, fiber, and good fats, and quickly give you a feeling of fullness.
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