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Staying Healthy Starts with Eating Nutritious Food

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To lead a good and healthy life, you must have at least six meals and each containing nutritious food. Your food must contain an adequate amount of fish, eggs, fruits and vegetables. It is challenging to change your food habits, and you must understand that it is a gradual change.

Improving your health will help you in gaining more energy for both your personal and work life. You will feel better and have higher confidence levels. Moreover, you will ward off chronic diseases and manage stress and anxiety better. Apart from having healthy food, you must also have a fixed workout schedule.

Ways for Healthy Eating

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Many people want to stay healthy and they want to eat healthy food too but the problem is, people don't have enough knowledge about what to eat and what not too. Here we will be discussing about ways of healthy eating and what to eat.

Choosing Wholesome Food

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Healthy eating will start from the day you give up having junk food. Instead, your daily diet must include lots of nutritious food and optimal intake of proteins, vitamins, minerals, carbohydrates, etc. You must have lots of whole grains as well as fruits and vegetables. Ideally, you must have fruits as snacks and include vegetables and proteins in your lunch and dinner. The dietary regimen must contain more of fish as they have vitamins and minerals apart from proteins and antioxidants. Also, look to adding in probiotics as they are great for improving digestive health.

Do not Have Sugary Drinks

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The gallons of soda and aerated drinks that you have every day is unhealthy and could lead to obesity very soon. Obese people are more prone to chronic diseases, including cancer and various heart ailments. The risk of having Type-2 diabetes also increases manifold. Sugary drinks can also lead to liver ailments.

It is suggested that you choose beverages without added sugar and infused water. It is better than having soda and packaged juice.

Buy Only Healthy Food from the Grocery

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Staying healthy starts from the visit to the grocery. You must be choosy when you bring down the various items from the counter. You must first visit the fruits and vegetable section of the store and include adequate amounts of both in your shopping crate.

Once you have bought healthy food from the grocery, you must place them at places where you can find them easily. You may have the nuts and seeds in handy so that you can have a mouthful when you are hungry.

Stay to a Fixed Diet

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Ideally, you understand the nutrients that are present in various food items. But before that, you must the dietician and have a detailed dietary regimen. You must stick to a fixed diet. In the evenings and in between meals, you must have healthy snacks.

You should check the meals that are being made at home. You must ensure that the meals contain the nutritious food items that have been specified by the dietician.

Drink Lot of Water

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You must have plenty of water and fluids throughout the day and should not be thirsty. Always note that all non-alcoholic beverages will be considered. People must try to avoid fizzy and sugary soft drinks as they are harmful to health.

A healthy adult must drink at least six to eight glasses of water every day. The intake of water must be increased in summer or when you are doing workouts.

Eat Lesser Salt

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Excess salt in the diet can increase the blood pressure in your body and can lead to further complications. When you have packaged food, it already contains a large amount of salts. Always check the food labels and see the amount of salt present in the food item. It should not be more than 1.5 grams for every 100 grams of the item. Adults should not have more than six grams of salt in a day.

Best Nutritious Snacks

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After having knowledge about ways of healthy eating, you must be wondering about what to eat? There are plenty of items available in the market and all those commits to be healthy and now it's up to us to choose the best of them. BP-Guide has already prepared some list of healthy nutritious snacks for you so that choice will become easier for you.

Mixed Millet Bhelpuri

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Millets are known to be healthy and low in fat content. And bhelpuri is quite a delicacy loved by one and all. We will start our range of recipes with this one.

Ingredients:

  • 3 cups puffed rice flakes
  • 1 cup ragi flakes
  • 4 potatoes, boiled and cut into small pieces
  • 2 onions, chopped
  • 1 cup mix millet flakes
  • ½ cup brown rice namkeen
  • ½ cup peanuts, roasted
  • 2 spoons chaat masala
  • 2 Tomatoes, cut into small pieces
  • 4 spoons of lemon juice
  • 2 green chillies, chopped finely
  • 3 spoons of green chutney
  • Coriander – fresh, as needed

How to Make:

  • Cut the boiled potatoes into small pieces. Chop the onion, tomatoes, chillies and add the lemon juice. Mix both these well.
  • Take a bowl and add the ragi flakes, puffed rice flakes and mix millets flakes. Next, add the peanuts and brown rice namkeen and mix well after putting some chaat masala.
  • Add both the mixtures and add the green chutney.
  • Put the coriander leaves for garnishing and serve.

Paneer Bhurji

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It is a delicious North Indian recipe that is nutritious and tasty as well. Paneer chunks are mixed with gravy full of Indian spices. It is loved hot!

Ingredients:

  • 200 gram Paneer
  • 1 Tomato, chopped
  • 1 Onion, chopped
  • Ginger, chopped - as needed
  • Lemon – half a slice
  • 2 Green chillies, chopped
  • 1 spoon Red chilli powder
  • 1 spoon Coriander powder
  • Turmeric powder – as needed
  • Cumin powder – as needed
  • Salt and sugar – as needed
  • Coriander leaves – as needed
  • 1 spoon Refined oil
  • 1 spoon Butter

How to Make:

  • Take a pan and sauté some butter and refined oil.
  • To it, add the masala, viz. cumin powder, turmeric powder, red chilli powder and add some salt to taste. Also, add the onion and ginger.
  • Add some water and mix well.
  • Next, add the chopped tomatoes and green chillies along with some sugar.
  • Crumble the paneer over them and mix well.
  • Add some more butter and add some lime. Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot.

Masala Corn

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We love to have corn in our soups or enjoy it baked. Corn can also be taken with tangy Indian masala. The corn chaat will be a treat for you and your friends. Also, it can be made rather fast – in 20 minutes flat.

Ingredients:

  • 2 cups of boiled corn
  • ¼ cup of lemon juice
  • 4 spoons of butter
  • ½ spoon of chaat masala
  • ¼ spoon of red chilli powder
  • Salt – as needed

How to Make:

  • You need first to boil the corn in water and medium flame. Add some salt.
  • Next, melt the butter and add the ingredients, including the cooked corn. Saute the ingredients for around 5 minutes.
  • The corn will turn light brown. You can serve along with some finely chopped onions or tomatoes.

Baked Samosa

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The fats-loaded samosas are a strict no-no for many of us. Again, most snacks do not taste good when baked. But not so with this samosa. You will be left licking your fingers!

Ingredients:

  • Ginger – grated, as needed
  • 75 gram green beans
  • 50 gram peas, frozen
  • 250 gram potatoes, peeled and sliced
  • 1 onion, chopped finely
  • 2 spoons curry powder
  • 2 cloves
  • 1 spoon mustard powder
  • Garlic, crushed - as needed
  • 1 tablespoon refined oil
  • 4 filo sheets

How to Make:

  • Heat the oil along with ginger, onion and garlic along with the mustard powder and curry powder.
  • Add the peas, beans and potatoes with around 400 ml water.
  • Cook for twenty minutes till it is soft in the oven at 200oC.
  • Take a filo sheet and apply some oil. Cut it into three equal pieces.
  • Put some mix at the top of the strip and fold like a triangle. Then put it on a baking tray.
  • Once all the mix has been put into the filo strips, bake for around 20 minutes until it turns golden brown.

Sprouts

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Sprouts are among the most nutritious snacks that you can have. Lentils and beans make up for the nutrition you need to stay healthy.

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup paneer, cut into small pieces
  • 1 cup moong daal, sprouted
  • 1 cup onions, chopped finely
  • 1 cup rajma
  • 1 cup soya beans, boiled
  • 2 tsp chaat masala
  • ¼ cup coriander leaves
  • Green chillies – chopped, as needed
  • 1 cup tomato-deseeded and chopped fine
  • Salt – as neededl
  • Lemon juice to taste

How to Make:

  • Making is easy. The preparation will require you to soak the moong overnight.
  • You need to mix all the ingredients. You may add a little curd too.
  • The ingredients can be varied according to your taste. 

Lentil and Broccoli Chaat

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Broccoli is rich in nutrients, and when combined with lentils, very few snacks could be healthier. You can also add methi sprouts and beans.

Ingredients:

  • 8 broccoli florets
  • 2-3 potatoes - cooked
  • 30-40 grams black beans - cooked
  • 1 Cup masoor dal - cooked
  • 100 Gram papaya – cut into small pieces
  • 1 Cup methi sprouts
  • Few drops Tabasco sauce
  • ½ sweet lime cut into segments

Chaat dressing:

  • ½ spoon amchur powder
  • 1 spoon olive oil
  • 1 spoon vinegar
  • ½ spoon chaat masala
  • Honey – as needed
  • 30 gram onions, finely chopped

How to Make:

  • Cut the broccoli florets and season with salt, pepper, and olive oil. Put it into the oven until it gets charred.
  • Whisk all the ingredients together and mix well and pour into a bowl.
  • Mix the chaat dressing. 
  • Pour the dressing on top and mix again.
  • Add some methi sprouts and serve.

Different Beans Chaat

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Beans are a storehouse of proteins, fats and minerals which are known to the building blocks of humans. On the other hand, chaats are known to enliven our weekend gossip. When these two come together, the mixture is fantastic!

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup potatoes - boiled
  • ½ cup cucumber, chopped
  • 1 cup green beans - boiled
  • ½ cup tomatoes, chopped
  • 1 cup rajma – boiled
  • ½ cup onions - chopped
  • 1 cup chana – boiled

For the dressing:

  • Coriander – as needed, chopped
  • 2 spoons olive oil
  • One spoon chaat masala
  • One spoon lemon juice
  • Salt and pepper – as needed

How to Make:

  • Whisk the ingredients for the dressing together.
  • Mix the boiled rajma, chana, green beans in a bowl. Add the chopped tomatoes, potatoes, cucumber and onions to it.
  • Combine the ingredients well and refrigerate for as long as needed. Serve chilled. 

Healthy Protein Balls

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Energy balls are easy to make and keeps you energized throughout the day. You may mix the ingredients according to your tastes. The issue while creating these protein balls is that you need to have the proportion of stickiness right.

Ingredients:

  • ½ cup gluten-free oats
  • ¼ cup desiccated coconut
  • 1 cup peanut butter
  • ½ cup of protein powder
  • ¼ cup honey

How to Make:

  • Take a large bowl and mix the honey and peanut butter.
  • Add the oats, protein powder and the desiccated coconut into the bowl.
  • Use a wooden spoon to mix the ingredients to form a sticky dough.
  • Make small balls out of the dough and roll them over some more desiccated coconut.
  • Refrigerate to allow the balls to firm up.

Methi Khakhra

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The khakhra is made from whole wheat which is a storehouse of vitamins and minerals. They can be enjoyed any time of the day but is ideal with the afternoon tea.

Ingredients:

  • 2 tablespoons Methi Leaves - finely chopped
  • 2 cups Whole Wheat Flour
  • ¼ spoon hing
  • ½ teaspoon Turmeric powder
  • ¼ spoon Red Chilli powder
  • Flip over at regular intervals. Also, avoid any air pockets from forming.
  • Remove once it is crisp.  

How to Make:

  • Take a large bowl and combine the finely chopped methi leaves and whole wheat flour. Also add the hing, turmeric powder, red chilli powder. The oil and salt to be added as needed.
  • Knead the dough as you generally do by adding some water till it is tough. Cover it for some time and knead again.
  • Divide the dough into small balls.
  • Roll out the balls into thin circles and add some flour to prevent stickiness.
  • Heat a pan to medium heat and add a rolled out portion of the dough.
  • Flip over at regular intervals. Also, avoid any air pockets from forming.
  • Remove once it is crisp.  

Roasted Masala Spiced Nuts

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Raw nuts are a tasty snack and allow us to gossip away the weekend afternoons. But roasted nuts are also a great hit. When roasting, the nuts must turn golden brown for crunchiness.

Ingredients:

  • 2 ½ cups raw mixed nuts.
  • ½ spoon ground cardamom
  • 1 spoon ground cinnamon
  • 2 spoons of garam masala
  • 1 spoon honey
  • Salt – as needed
  • 3 spoons of coconut oil  

How to Make:

  • The oven must be preheated to 180oC and place a baking paper on the baking tray.
  • Take a bowl and combine the salt, nuts and spices.
  • Melt the honey and coconut oil in a bowl.
  • Pour this over the mixed nuts and stir for a fine coating.
  • Put the nuts on the baking tray and bake for 25 minutes. Flip the nuts for some time.
  • Cool it for some time store.
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Health is Wealth

It's an old saying, "Health is Wealth". And it's true also because you can not enjoy life with a sick body. So it's always advisable to eat healthy from the starting itself. Here we have given some tips and recipes but there is always a scope of extra knowledge. So be healthy and live life. Keep in mind that before eating any fruits or fresh vegetables always wash them first because they come from outside and they are generally exposed to the outside pollution. So always keep in mind these small-small things and live a better life.