Simple Tricks to make your Diet Healthy | How are you planning to tweak your Food Habits for 2019
Today I will be sharing you some simple tricks to make your daily diet healthy. You must be thinking, how that can even happen. It’s really simple and easy to do so. As these all methods are tried and tested by me.
A simple change in your cooking style helps you to have a better life for future. Eating unhealthy leads to so many diseases and you may end up with medicines for the lifetime. So it’s better to change small elements in our diet for a smart life.
Also Read: 8 healthy habits to start this new year
Just slight changes to be done to your cooking. But your taste bud will be satisfied with this. Let’s start the tips.
Simple Tricks to make your Diet Healthy:
Rule no 1: Change your normal cooking oil to Olive oil
Yeah, I know you all must have seen in cooking channels that all chefs use it. The reason behind using Olive oil is it contains the goodness of monounsaturated fatty acids. This fat is really good for health and heart. As it contains a large number of antioxidants and helps to prevent cancer. And the most important secret of using olive oil is that it helps in weight loss. Olive helps in reducing blood cholesterol as it does not clog the blood vessels.
Also Read: Can your diet improve heart health
In India, olive oil is really expensive. But You can use it wisely because you don’t need to use much of oil and 1 liter of olive oil lasts for a long time. This is the most simple trick to make your diet healthy and have a healthy heart.
Rule no 2: Alternatives for sugar
Sugar is really bad for our health. The main reason for weight gain is more consumption of sugar. Yes, the more consumption of sugar can lead to weight gain and even diabetes. The best alternative to sugar is honey. I know honey leaves a flavor behind it in everything you include. Another option in place of honey is stevia. Stevia is best as its also natural and more sweater than honey.
Also Read: How to reduce sugar in the daily diet
Rule no 3: Replace brown rice with White Rice to make your Diet Healthy
We all love to eat white rice as biryani, rajma chawal and what not. But white rice contains a large number of refined carbohydrates. Brown is the best alternative to white rice. As it does not make any change to your taste bud. And give a lot of fiber to our body. As fiber does not get absorbed in the body, helps in reducing constipation and weight gain.
Rule no 4: Replace all-purpose flour with wheat, barley, Sorghum
Ahh, who does not like pizza and sandwich and burger. But this all food items contain all-purpose flour which is also called as maida in Hindi. Yes, white flour is really bad for health. As it increases glycemic index. So this glycemic index helps the body to release an excess amount of insulin. As a result, it leads to weight gain, diabetes, and indigestion. It does help in raising bad cholesterol in our body.
So replace white flour with wheat flour, barley, Sorghum, and ragi. whenever you are using white flour, just replace it with any of the healthy options mentioned above.
Rule no 5: Start drinking juice of vegetables
This may sound really weird. But it’s the best way to include all the nutrients in your diet. As juice is more easy to consume rather than including it in every meal.
Also Read: Diet for Healthy Lifestyle
Just one glass of juice is enough for the whole day. I know its not sufficient. But for people who don’t like to eat vegs, for them it is much better an option. The salad is also the good option as it fills the stomach and you do not feel more hungry. So in return, we consume less amount of the main course.
Rule no 6: Don’t forget to include nuts in your diet
Nuts are the pack of good fats. Try to eat at least 5 nuts in a day. This does not mean that 5 types of nuts. Any nut which includes almonds, walnut, and pistachios will do.
Rule no 7: Go for baked food rather than deep fried to make your Diet Healthy
Baked food is healthier than deep fried food. I love to eat samosa and chicken fry. But these types of food are unhealthy for our body. Baked food is not as tastier as fried food. Because baking removes the moisture of the food and cooks it. Where fried food fills that with oil. So as a result, fried food contains more amount of fat. So oily food is tastier to our taste buds.
If you are willing to stay healthy, avoid diseases and hospital bills. Then you should go for baked foods rather than fried. Baked food contains less amount of oil or no oil. This is the best simple trick to make your Diet Healthy.
Rule no 8: Try to include fruits daily at least one
Fruit is so necessary for our daily life. As fruits are high in fiber and water content. If you are craving food in the morning snack or evening snack. Then grab an apple or a banana to kill your hunger. As these fruits contain more nutrients and fibers. And when we are hungry our body absorbs everything forms the food what we eat at that time. So eat healthy food first.
Don’t forget to eat any of the fruits at least once a day. As fruits help the skin glow and make you more healthy.
These are the simple tricks to make your Diet Healthy. That I do follow regularly in my kitchen. As my husband doesn’t like to compromise in his taste. I have to find many ways to satisfy his taste bud and also mine. I’m always trying to give him healthy food but with a better taste.
So if you like my way of eating good and healthy food and live healthily. Do follow all the steps. It will help you in a better way.
As I have joined a group of bloggers and sharing our ideas on New Year Resolutions for 2019. So this blog train is hosted by three of our bloggers named Prena, Vartika, and Alpana. And which is sponsored by Pandora’s Box and Recipe Dabba.
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45 Comments
Vartika Gakhar
These are a few very simple yet effective tips to keep a healthy lifestyle. Thanks for participating in our blog train.
sonamsahid
Thanks dear.
Surbhi Prapanna
These are really great tips dear, and co-incidently I am trying to follow all these in my cooking too. replacing white rice with brown seems little hard, but I make occasionally brown rice pulav that taste good. #NYR2019
sonamsahid
Thank you for loving my post. I have never tried brown rice pulav. I have to give a try.
Pragnya Mishra
Hey Sonam, I really like the ideas you shared. Including fruits and nuts is something we do religiously. But can olive oil really be used in our high temperature indian cooking? Please let me know, I use olive oil just for dressing.
sonamsahid
Of course, you can use it, my dietician has suggested me. As I have been using it from last year.
Mahati ramya adivishnu
Nice tips Sonam. A fruit daily and avoiding deep fried foods – iam already following them. Have to work on others.
sonamsahid
great to know that, I have learned to used these tips strictly in my daily life and the results are amazing.
Theautotechfi
I rather liked reading your post. It covered almost everything that needs for a fitter diet and lifestyle. Something that’s really easy to follow!
sonamsahid
yes, easy to follow the resolutions for this new year.
Alpana Deo
Soometimed simple changes can go a long way. What you said about friend good is absolutely right. Even if we know about the negative sides of it, still we crave for it. But these days, there are so many easy baking recipes to enjoy our favorite food.
ujjwal mishra
I am going to inculcate rule number 4 & 5; after reading this i just realized the generous use of maida I do and yes i have thought of but never really experimented with vegetable juices. Thanks for the practical tips for a healthy life.
Neha
These are some great tips and we can definitely include them in our daily diet. I liked this idea of replacing maida with different flours and baking dishes instead of deep frying.
Arvind Passey
Thank you for sharing regulations for those wanting a healthier diet.
sonamsahid
yeah dear, health is the most important wealth.
shrilekha Joshi
Extremely doable tips. Especially the juice point. I wish someone hands a glass of juice to me every day. I would definitely incorporate these points.
Shrutika
This is such a well explained post
sonamsahid
thanks dear.
vidhya thakkar
A healthy post! well explained
Keerthana
These are great tips!! I love the concept of alternatives. Making these changes step by step one at a time can help you reach goals and become healthier!!
Sonia Chatterjee
This is really wow. You have made healthy eating sound so easy and doable. I try to include one fruit daily in my diet, will try to implement few more points.
Maya Bhat
These kinds of posts really inspire me to start a healthy routine. Thank you Sonam 🙂
sonamsahid
you are welcome, dear.
Shipra Trivedi
For some points, I have a different take as I am into following regional food wisdom. Hence I replace refined oil with mustard oil and ghee and plain flour with multigrain. I don’t believe in microwave food hence I cook food in very less quality of the oil. Rest all other points are easy to follow for good health.
Shivani
Those really are some simple hacks. Thank you for sharing this wisdom. I’m already making certain changes that you suggested and will incorporate others as well
sonamsahid
great to know that, thank you.
saba ladha
Some pretty cool and easy tips which I think everyone can follow easily
sonamsahid
yeah dear.
Prerna wahi
These are simple yet effective tips for a healthy and nutritious diet. I have noted most of them and will implement!
Praggatti rao
Simple but proven strategies. Thanks for writing and reminding to take charge and be healthy
Varsha Nitin Gode
Well written post dear. I have a different take on the oil part, I believe in what goes as per country or city to be more specific. Coconut oil or Mustard Oil is really useful and local to our country rest all are good options to tweak and add healthy quotient to our diet, especially the vegetable juice is good for people who hate to chew on vegetables.
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Rohan Kachalia
Simple tips for a healthy diet and I wish to incorporate some of them in my diet.
Ila Varma
Handy Tips and can be easily replaced if we stick to our resolutions which we often do but do get tempted and stray for rich food at food joints.
Informative and detailed post with beautiful illustrations.
anupriya
The tips that you have shared are really very simple and executable. I like such relatable advice vi-a-viz the high ask steps that are difficult for most of us mothers to include in our routine.
Sudeept
Rule no. 5 and Rule no. 8 can be summed up as..”Eat your fruits and juice your vegetables”
Nice read overall. And pretty informative as well ?
Rashmi Karthik
Nice and simple tips. By following all the 8 tips I am sure we will be surely healthy and less prone to diseases:)
Jayanthy Govindarajan
Like the idea of simple changes in diet. Somehow I love to use multiple oils for cooking. That way I relish the taste and oils make it better. Olive oil is also one among it. Thanks for sharing these wonderful tips Sonam.
Alka Mishra
Nice , simple and handy tips and tricks. Good reading.
Ghazala Naseem
Nice tips , our posts are similar.
I haven’t brown rice yet , will see .
Eating greens is something I like .
Shahnila Hassan
Very healthy tips
DIsha
Great tips for a healthier lifestyle and I plan to include most of them in my lifestyle.
sonamsahid
thats really to good to know.
Mayuri Nidigallu
I hope to tweak my diet, and my health, through your tips, Sonam. Thanks for haring these tips with us.
Anagha Yatin
Small steps for longer journey! Doable, I must say.
Jameela
So aptly written, Wen I was trying to conceive with pcos I had to focus on healthy eating n I actually practiced all d things u mentioned here,so healthy food habit is definitely must ☺