The Basic Diet Habits for a Healthy Lifestyle

To maintain a healthy lifestyle or a good health we must focus on our common diet habits that often targets towards serious ailments like obesity, diabetes, etc. Here I’ve mentioned some of the basic tips on our regular food and eating habits that surely helpful for everyone.

10 basic points to habit in our diet:

1. Make a eating habit of at least 5 types fruits and vegetables in a day
2. Lean proteins (especially in  plants found in soy, beans and legumes) are very helpful
3. Make a habit of whole grains, not refined grains
4. Make a habit of not to eat processed foods
5. Make a habit of less saturated and trans fat food
6. Make a habit of drinking excess water
7. Make a habit of avoiding refined and artificial sweeteners
8. Make a habit of preparing your own meal, and
9. Eat 5-6 small meals in whole day; not big meals twice/thrice
10. Make a habit or try to go for organics and foods that close to nature

List of organic items with most and least contaminated

• Most contaminated organics are: peaches, apples, sweet bell peepers, celery, nectarines, strawberries, cherries, pears, grapes, spinach, lettuce, potatoes etc.
• Least contaminated organics are: onions, avocado, sweet corn, pineapples, mango, asparagus, sweet peas, kiwi fruit, bananas, cabbage, broccoli, papaya etc.

How to make habit of excess drinking of water?

Most of the people don’t drink at least 2 litres a day. In summer they may drink 3-4 litres. Here I am giving some tips to make a habit of drinking excess water in by adding fruit slices, veggie slices or herbs for flavour.

Some of the flavour ideas with water are: basil, mint, cucumber, lime, lemon, orange, watermelon, grapefruit, fresh ginger, strawberries, kiwi, honeydew, mango, papaya etc.

You can divide these flavours according to time/season like:
Spa water: cucumber, lime and lemon
Summer refresher with watermelon and fresh mint
Morning juice with orange, lemon and lime

How to make 5-6 small healthy meals?

A small meal should contain 200-300 calories; which includes ½ cup of starch, 2oz of protein (lean proteins like egg white or chicken), and complex cards (lentils and vegetables)