Diet Diwali – Prepare Diet For Diwali

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Diet Diwali

 This DIWALI take charge of keeping , yourself and your family , in shape and health . Loads and loads of sweets and namkeens and packaged foods are waiting to lure you.. Your nearby halwai has made good arrangements to display them in a manner to keep you gazing hungrily .

Visit any hospital , after Diwali and you will find Post-Diwali syndrome . All those diabetics and heart diseased admitted in hospitals for uncontrolled sugars and cholesterol . Increased weight can’t be sidelined.

With both partners working , there is greater dependence on packaged sweets ( mithaies ) , frieds , namkeens and other diwali savouries , since you don’t have time to make it on your own . This means that your health is at the mercy of the unregulated corner shop that sells these stuffs . “ They use vanaspati as an alternative to healthier oil to fry their stuff .” To add to grave , they may use the same oil number of times.

Now that is one side of the story . Probably , if you are weight conscious then you will be interested more in the other side . The chart mentions how much calories these stuff are loaded with .

ITEM WEIGHT ( GRAMS )CALORIES

  • CHIVADA 100 420
  • CHAKALI 100 798
  • KARANJI 100 692
  • RAVA LADDU 100 464
  • BOONDI LADDU 1 PEACE 160
  • BADAM ( ALMONDS ) HALWA 100 570
  • GULAB JAMUN 100 412
  • RASUGULLA 1 PC 100
  • COOKIES 1 PC 340
  • PLAIN CAKE 100 350
  • CHOCOLATE CAKE 100 492
  • KACHORI 100 500
  • SAMOSA 100 417
  • NANKAT 100 584

 

1 chapatti ( 30 gms wheat flour ) gives approximately 105 calories . If you consume 100 gms of chakali it is equivalent to around 7 ½ chapatti . To consume 100 gms of chakali you require very less time . But to utilize that much amount of energy you require to walk more than 3 hours continuosly , which I believe is next to impossible in the busy schedule or even if you have time I bet you won’t do it . Accordingly see the chart for your favorite food . See how much you consume . More you know about what you are eating and doing to your body , the more you succeed in keeping healthy weight , body and mind.

This is an era of diet conscious people . Pronto , food industry is ready to serve you according to your demand . You ask for ‘ fat free’ ,here it is !Ask for ‘ sugar free’ , of course we serve . All those bakers and confectioners have kept a separate counter for diet conscious people . Beware. Some products imply that they are diet products but are far from it . Food labeled ‘80% fat free’ may sound healthy , but what if they had labeled the product with ‘ contains 20% fat’?. That doesn’t sound quite so virtuous . Things that have a diet label on them are not necessarily good for you . If they are low in sugar they may be high in fat or artificial sweetners . If they are low in fat they may be high in sugars or salt or monosodium glutamate . And any case they are going to increase your weight.

“ The road to prevention must begin with an increased awareness of even small weight gains”.

Try the following tips to eliminate the temptation to eat when you really don’t want to:

  • Try to eat regular meals while eating diwali snacks , instead of skipping them, thereby reducing the likelihood of becoming uncomfortably hungry and then overeating later . Reduce your meal quantity by atleast 25% of regular meals .
  • Ask your family and friends to encourage you to eat a healthful diet and not to force them to eat more diwali mithai and snacks
  • Home made sweets and savouries , namkeens ,etc can be very well made in low oil and low sugar. Use dry fruits ( including coconut and groundnut ) sparingly .
  • Keep a variety of nutritious foods such as fruits and vegetables readily available.
  • Don’t leave large amounts of food within easy reach, keep serving dishes off the table, for instance, and put the sweets and diwali savouries jar out of sight.
  • Make small portions of food look large by spreading food out and putting it on smaller plates . Garnish empty space with low – calories vegetables
  • Don’t shop when you are hungry and thereby more likely to buy tempting foods .

Your better half can say , “ Hey you can eat more and be merry , about gaining weight why think now , you can very well lose , if at all after diwali ?” . But , remember ‘ HEALTH IS THE ONLY CAPITAL THAT IS DIFFICULT TO REGAIN .’ And as the popular quote goes , “ An ounce of prevention is indeed worth pounds of cure.”