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Blog32: Have Happy & Healthy Diwali ЁЯОЗ

Diwali, the biggest festival in India, when family and friends get together and celebrate. One tends to indulge, eat traditional sweets and junk at the same time. So, sharing some tips to have a healthy Diwali:
1] Go nuts on nuts: Add more of almonds, walnuts, dry apricots, raisins, sunflower and sesame seeds while making the sweets.

2] Spice is the variety of festivals: Spices like cinnamon, cardamom, saffron, black peppercorn can liven up both savory and sweet foods. Spices have shown to jack up a slow metabolism too, so indulge in them.

3] That sweet source: Buy organic jaggery or honey as a refined sugar substitute. You could also opt for unrefined sugar as well.

4] Salads and fruits during Diwali: Fresh fruit salads can be one of the Diwali special dishes. Whip up some low-fat milk unsweetened radbi to add protein and taste to it.

5]Keep yourself hydrated and drink plenty of infused water or lime water, green tea, coconut water etc.

6] Latoo over laddoos: You can have healthy superfoods like flaxseed and sesame laddoos, protein-rich granola laddoo, granola bar almond and coconut, and apple and cinnamon bars as substitutes for the Diwali sweets.

7] High on nutrition and taste kind sweets: Diwali and weight loss becomes easy when you swap refined maida for wholesome flours like multigrain atta. Use them for making Diwali special halwas.

8] Healthy Diwali festival drinks:  Who says you have to serve up colas or sweetened fruit juice. You can make fresh fruit juices or homemade shakes by adding protein powder. You can also make sattu drinks, it provide satiety.

9] Diwali snacks no worry: You can make healthy snacks like protein crispies nachos/chana zor / khakra etc.
Last but not the least, donтАЩt skip your exercise or workout as it would help you to maintain your weight plus improve blood circulation and prevent inflammation due to lack of sleep, late-night indulgences etc.


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