A ‘HEARTY’ DIET

• Eat at least five servings of fruits and vegetables a day.
• Eat plenty of green leafy vegetables, especially spinach and sprouted grams which are rich in vitamins and minerals. Don’t overcook food, as it destroys nutrients.
• Eat plenty of salads.
• If you are a non-vegetarian, avoid red meat (lamb beef pork). Settle for lean meat like chicken and fish.
• Avoid oil rich in saturated fatty acids such as palm oil and coconut oil and vanaspathi, margarine, butter and ghee. Opt for oil rich in poly-unsaturated fatty acids such as olive, corn, soya bean, sunflower or gingelly oil. Go for a mixture of oils.
• Limit your salt intake to two teaspoons a day. Stay off processed foods, as they have high salt content.
• Maintain a healthy weight. This, along with lowered salt intake, will
• lower blood pressure.

This article was read from a daily newspaper.