Good nutrition is an important part of leading a healthy lifestyle. Combined with physical activity, your diet can help you to reach and maintain a healthy weight, reduce your risk of chronic diseases (like heart disease and cancer), and promote your overall health.

Some tips on Mindful Eating:

Don’t eat on the go – it’s difficult to be aware of how much you are eating. Have a seat.
Resist eating straight from the bag/box. Serve your food – you’ll be able to see and appreciate what and how much you’re eating.
Remove distractions. Turn off the TV and everything else with a screen, like computers, phones, etc. while eating
Take small bites and chew well, while focusing on the smell, taste and texture of the food. Try to get 30 chews out of each bite.
Try putting your utensils down after each bite. Don’t pick them back up until you’ve swallowed what you already have in your mouth.
Don’t try to finish the whole plate. If you feel full, safely keep the leftovers.

Herbal Tea

2 portions of roasted dhania

1 portion of roasted jeera

1 portion of roasted saunf

1/2 inch ginger juice

1/2 cups water

tablespoons honey

Milk to taste

Powder dhania, jeera and saunf in a mixer, cool and store in air-tight container.

For the tea, boil the water. Add full teaspoon of the roasted powder mentioned above. Strain the tea, add ginger juice, honey and milk. Serve immediately.

AMRUT AAHAR

A COOK BOOK OF UNCOOKED FOOD

SHEHNAZ A. THANAWALA