Eat Clean Eat Right – A note from Kavita Devgan

Our body is under assault from a deadly virus. And if there is one thing one must do right away is to begin eating clean. There are enough red flags about processed foods to convince anyone who values their health to go off them. And this holds true especially now when we need to give the body all the help possible to avoid and fight the virus. Eating clean is the way to go, to give our body a fighting chance. 

Clean eating means cutting down on processed foods and eating just real foods. The plan is to focus on produce – fresh fruits and vegetables, legumes, nuts and seeds and whole grains, keep an eye on sodium, and cut down on sugar, and meat consumption. And just stop eating out of packets, cans, and tins. This will help keep the weight in check too. That’s an added bonus benefit.

Another benefit you will score is that you will be able to break your addiction to processed foods (yes they are designed to be addictive, to attack the reward centre of the brain, and not really to provide you nutrition). So be careful, take a good look at what you are eating, and begin pruning them from your diet. A blanket ban is not possible, and not even needed, but just a bit of pruning will also help. So watch closely both the portions and the frequency of the processed foods that you consume. Maybe make a rule like – one/two processed foods a day. No more! That’ll be a good start.

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Kavita Devgan is an acclaimed nutritionist and author of Ultimate Grandmother Hacks. Her book Fix it with Food is set to release soon.

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