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What To Eat For Good Health?

If you can categorise your foods into daily and weekly foods, you will be able to easily follow a healthy diet that can also help you to shed weight. Read on…

Following a healthy diet can be simple. If you can categorise your foods into daily and weekly foods, you will be able to easily follow a healthy diet that can also help you to shed weight.

Your body needs some nutrients on a daily basis and some nutrients less often. Also, if you can restrict your bad eating habits to once a week, you will be able to maintain good health effortlessly.

Here is the list of foods that are categorised as daily and weekly to keep things clear and easy to follow.

Foods To Eat Daily

Foods To Eat Daily

In this category, include foods like leafy greens, nuts, carrots, whole grains, green tea and fruits.

Why?

Why?

The fibre in whole grains can enhance digestion and make you feel full. Fruits contribute antioxidants and nuts offer proteins. Carrots and leafy greens offer all necessary vitamins and minerals.

Foods To Eat Thrice A Week

Foods To Eat Thrice A Week

Include foods like oily fish, avocado, sweet potato, broccoli, yoghurt, tofu and cauliflower.

Why?

Why?

Oily fish contributes omega 3 fatty acids and protein. Yoghurt provides calcium. Tofu is also a protein source. Both broccoli and cauliflower have many nutrients that protect against cancer.

Once A Week

Once A Week

You can restrict some items to once a week. They are alcohol, desserts, white starch and red meat.

Why?

Why?

All your favourite stuff like sweets, sugar, red meat and even alcohol should be consumed only once a week. This will help you stay healthy and also keeps your cravings under control.

Foods To Avoid

Foods To Avoid

Include every bad food in this category and avoid it totally. Processed foods, soda, sugary drinks are among the few. Artificial sweeteners are addictive. Processed foods are like slow poison. Avoid them altogether.

Story first published: Tuesday, December 13, 2016, 7:47 [IST]